On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 9:45 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: >> 1. Why should it do nothing if the object already exists (as opposed >> to any other alternative)? > >> Answer: Because that's what "CREATE IF NOT EXISTS" means when >> interpreted as English. > > The argument was not about whether that is the "plain meaning" of the > phrase; it was about whether that is a safe and useful behavior for a > command to have. There is a pretty substantial group of people who > think that it would be quite unsafe, which is why we failed to arrive > at a consensus that this is a good thing to implement.
Who are these people other than you, and did you read the rest of my email? ...Robert -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
