On ons, 2012-03-14 at 14:58 +0100, Dimitri Fontaine wrote: > A colleague came to me to express his surprise about this quite simple > use case: > > =# alter table toto add column user text; > ERROR: syntax error at or near "user" > LINE 1: alter table toto add column user text; > > Is there a reason for us not to add an HINT: "user" is a reserved > keyword or something like that, other than nobody having been interested > in doing the work?
If that were easily possible, we could just recognize 'user' as an identifier in this context and avoid the issue altogether. But it's not. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
