On Mon, 28 Jan 2019 at 22:31, Laurenz Albe <laurenz.a...@cybertec.at> wrote: > > Stefan Keller wrote: > > Pls. try to give DUAL a better name, since it's IMHO neither > > self-explaining nor correct. > > I agree with the sentiment. > On the other hand, people who migrate from Oracle might be happy if > there is a DUAL table that allows them to migrate some of their > statements unmodified.
hmm. You both know the table of that name exists only as part of a regression test, right? It'll just exist for a handful of milliseconds during make check. My comment about the poorly named table may have been a bit pedantic as far as what a table in a test should be called, but I also felt a bit of an urge to make a little bit of fun about having a table named dual which always has just a single row. Knowing the reasons for Oracle's naming of the table helps explain why they ended up with the poorly named table. I didn't think that warranted us doing the same thing, even if it's just a short-lived table inside a regression test. -- David Rowley http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services
