As described on -hackers this is my work so far adding ADD/DROP INHERITS. It
implements the controversial ALTER TABLE table ADD/DROP INHERITS parent
syntax that requires making INHERITS a reserved keyword. I haven't seen a
clear consensus yet on what the best syntax to use here would be.
Also,
Greg Stark wrote:
As described on -hackers this is my work so far adding ADD/DROP INHERITS. It
implements the controversial ALTER TABLE table ADD/DROP INHERITS parent
syntax that requires making INHERITS a reserved keyword. I haven't seen a
clear consensus yet on what the best syntax to use here
Andrew Dunstan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
We should try very hard to avoid adding new reserved words, IMNSHO.
*Especially* ones not sanctioned by the SQL spec. Reserving a word that
is not listed as reserved in the standard is really a spec violation,
because it means that spec-conforming SQL
Tom Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Andrew Dunstan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
We should try very hard to avoid adding new reserved words, IMNSHO.
*Especially* ones not sanctioned by the SQL spec. Reserving a word that
is not listed as reserved in the standard is really a spec violation,
Greg Stark [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I expected that but I haven't seen any agreement on a replacement syntax. The
only other one proposed was:
ALTER TABLE foo ALTER INHERITS ADD|DROP bar
and it received no comments. Should I just assume that's the direction to go
if nobody objects?
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