On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 5:08 PM, David Fetter <da...@fetter.org> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 04:34:07PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 3:00 PM, David Fetter <da...@fetter.org> wrote: >> >> There has been previous talk of allowing WITH (COPY ...) and I am >> >> personally of the opinion that it would be nice to be able to do >> >> WITH (EXPLAIN ...). DDL seems like a poor idea. >> > >> > It may be, but I can see use cases for partitioning... >> >> Like what? > > Managing partitions, or creating partitions in some way the partition > syntax doesn't anticipate, whatever it turns out to be.
So, what is the syntax you're hoping will work? >> >> P.S. Call me a prude, but your choice of shorthand for >> >> insert-update-delete may not be the best. >> > >> > Then I presume you'll be supporting my idea of using the word >> > "span" for temporal data types rather than the current idea whose >> > name appears in academic literature. >> >> Wise guy. > > In all seriousness, the temporal stuff is giving us a fantastic > opportunity, as a project, to break our tradition of lousy naming. > > "Span" is descriptive, mnemonic, and easy to spell. I guess that's a flamewar for another day. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise Postgres Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
