Neil Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Actually, I deliberately chose attpos rather than attlognum (which is > what some people had been calling this feature earlier). My reasoning > was that the "logical number" is really a nonsensical idea: we just > invented it on the spot.
True ... > In contrast, a "position" is a fairly natural > thing for an attribute to have -- it's a notion with some counterpart > in the real world. But "position" could at least as logically be considered to mean the physical position in the tuple. I still say that these names are ripe for confusion. I don't have a better choice of name offhand, but if we spend 1% of the time already spent arguing about these issues on finding a better name, I'm sure we can think of one ;-) regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED]