On Sat, 24 Apr 2004, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
Tom Lane wrote:
So what I'm holding out for is a design that lets me continue to see the
current behavior if I set a GUC variable that says that's what I want.
This seems possible (not easy, but possible) if we are willing to
require the choice
-Original Message-
From: Stephan Szabo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 24 April 2004 08:43
To: Shachar Shemesh
Cc: Tom Lane; Robert Treat; Dennis Bjorklund; Bruce Momjian;
PostgreSQL-development; PostgreSQL advocacy
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Do we prefer software that works or
Stephan Szabo wrote:
[ Tom, we know your opinion on the first part of the next paragraph, so
you don't need to reply to that part. ;) ]
Are we going to get rid of the current behavior entirely?
I doubt that will be a good idea. You want to let applications created
for previous versions of
On Saturday 24 April 2004 01:23, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
Tom Lane wrote:
PS: I resisted the temptation to SET THIS MESSAGE IN ALL UPPER CASE
to make the point about readability. But if you want to argue the
point with me, I'll be happy to do that for the rest of the thread.
Yes, it's a well
Robert Treat wrote:
On Saturday 24 April 2004 01:23, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
Tom Lane wrote:
PS: I resisted the temptation to SET THIS MESSAGE IN ALL UPPER CASE
to make the point about readability. But if you want to argue the
point with me, I'll be happy to do that for the rest of the
On Saturday 24 April 2004 08:09, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
Robert Treat wrote:
Anyone who has studied software useability will
know that uppercase should, in general, be avoided as it hurts
readability.
You convinced me! let's change the SQL standard.
We plan to, right after we have
Robert Treat wrote:
IMHO apps that apply quoted identifiers willy nilly are busted anyway,
Not really. Sometimes the app itself will be very consistent, never
applying quotes, but an underlying driver will always apply quotes. The
result is a mixed behaviour. There is nothing you or me can do
On Sat, 24 Apr 2004, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
Stephan Szabo wrote:
Are we going to get rid of the current behavior entirely?
I doubt that will be a good idea. You want to let applications created
for previous versions of PostgreSQL continue to work. The idea, I think,
is to have either a DB
On Saturday 24 April 2004 09:21, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
Robert Treat wrote:
Oh well... let's see if we can find a way to support both...
You are welcome to join the other leg of this thread, then. That one is
not CCed to advocacy, as it is 100% technical.
I'm already there...
Robert Treat
