Simon Riggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Fri, 2005-03-25 at 10:17 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>>> Other than spec compliance, you mean?  SQL99 says
>>> 
>>> ... The declared type of each referencing column shall be
>>> comparable to the declared type of the corresponding referenced
>>> column.

> Tom had said SQL99 required this; I have pointed out SQL:2003, which
> supercedes the SQL99 standard, does not require this.

You're reading the wrong part of SQL:2003.  11.8 <referential constraint
definition> syntax rule 9 still has the text I quoted.

> Leading us back to my original point - what is the benefit of continuing
> with having a WARNING when that leads people into trouble later?

Accepting spec-compliant schemas.

                        regards, tom lane

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