* Josh Berkus ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Were I teaching a class with a SQL component, using PostgreSQL as a tool, I > would be very careful to avoid letting my students use an extensions to SQL; > no "!=", no "SELECT DISTINCT ON" and no alias references in the GROUP BY > clause.
I'd really like PostgreSQL to somehow warn me when I start doing things like this. It's not my intent to use PostgreSQL-specific SQL in general so when I start doing it I'd like to know. In some cases there may not be an option, of course, but especially in cases where there's a 'right way' I'd love for PostgreSQL to spit out a warning which tells me what the right way is. ie: "select * from table_name where column_name != '1';" Warning: '!=' is not valid SQL, use '<>' instead. This would help me, at least, write correct and portable SQL. :) Stephen
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