Bruce Momjian wrote: > On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 01:34:03PM -0500, Robert Haas wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 6, 2017 at 7:29 PM, Peter Eisentraut > > <peter.eisentr...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > > > On 1/3/17 11:52 PM, Ashutosh Bapat wrote: > > >> We will need to make CURRENT_DATABASE a reserved keyword. But I like > > >> this idea more than COMMENT ON CURRENT DATABASE. > > > > > > We already have the reserved key word CURRENT_CATALOG, which is the > > > standard spelling. But I wouldn't be bothered if we made > > > CURRENT_DATABASE somewhat reserved as well. > > > > Maybe I'm just lacking in imagination, but what's the argument against > > spelling it CURRENT DATABASE? AFAICS, that doesn't require reserving > > anything new at all, and it also looks more SQL-ish to me. SQL > > generally tries to emulate English, and I don't normally > > speak_hyphenated_words. > > I assume it is to match our use of CURRENT_USER as having special > meaning.
CURRENT_USER is a standards-mandated keyword, but CURRENT_DATABASE is not. The closest thing SQL has is CURRENT_CATALOG, which is the string that identifies the "current default catalog". This would lead us to COMMENT ON DATABASE CURRENT_CATALOG Do we want that spelling? It looks ugly to me. -- Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers