On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 3:14 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentr...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > To achieve consistent support for specifying the current database, we > would need to change the grammar for every command involving databases.
I wouldn't have thought there would be all that many of those, though. > And it would also set a precedent for similar commands, such as current > user/role. True. Maybe it's a GOOD precedent, though. > Plus support in psql, pg_dump, etc. would get more complicated. I'm not totally convinced... > Instead, it would be simpler to define a grammar symbol like > > database_name: ColId | CURRENT_DATABASE > > and make a small analogous change in objectaddress.c and you're done. > > Compare rolespec in gram.y. ...but that's certainly an existing precedent for your proposal. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
