Tom Lane wrote: > I noticed that the \crosstabview documentation asserts that column name > arguments are handled per standard SQL semantics. In point of fact, > though, the patch expends a couple hundred lines to implement what is > NOT standard SQL semantics: matching unquoted names case-insensitively > is anything but that. I think we should rip all that out and do it as > per attached.
Ah, yeah, I hadn't realized this bogosity. Haven't verified the patch in detail. > (I also took the trouble to make the error messages conform > to project style.) Not sure about this part. Many psql error messages are full sentences (start with uppercase, end in period); others start with the \ command being complained about. Compare alvherre=# \foobar Invalid command \foobar. Try \? for help. alvherre=# \copy foobar \copy: parse error at end of line -- Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
