Am Donnerstag, 3. April 2008 schrieb Gregory Stark: > \old means something *today*. In the proposed syntax by creating the alias > you're changing what it means.
Yes. There are two complementary responses to that: 1. That's an intentional, useful feature of aliases. 2. If you don't like it, don't use it. By your line of argument, we couldn't ever add any new commands in psql anyway. -- Sent via pgsql-patches mailing list (pgsql-patches@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-patches