Greg Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is there a reason postgres goes out of its way to pick names that
> will be harder to work with than necessary?

If we use ordinary identifiers for system-generated names then we will
be infringing on user name space --- ie, there's a potential for
conflict.  I suppose we could use long randomly-generated names like
ewjncm343cnlen, but are those really easier to work with?

I think a more useful approach is to treat it as a documentation
problem.  Perhaps an example in the ALTER TABLE man page would help.

                        regards, tom lane

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