On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 02:06:16PM -0400, Chuck McDevitt wrote: > In general, we wouldn't want to support any de facto standard that: > > 1. Is supported only by one vendor > 2. Causes any standard SQL statement to fail, or return a different > answer from the standard. > > The proposed change doesn't fail either of these.
>From what I can see upthread, it fails 1 and possibly 2. Given that we don't seem to know _why_ it is forbidden, there could well be a case under 2 is a problem, and we haven't thought of it. A -- Andrew Sullivan | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Everything that happens in the world happens at some place. --Jane Jacobs ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate