Hi Gilles, > Yes, I don't wanted to offend you or to troll. This was just to point > that the position of "SELECT * is bad practice" is not a good argument > in my point of view, just because it is allowed for every one. I mean > that in an extension or a client which allow user query input we must > handle the case.
Sure, no worries. And my apologies if my feedback seemed a little harsh. I'm sure our goal is mutual - to make PostgreSQL even better than it is now. Finding a consensus occasionally can take time though. -- Best regards, Aleksander Alekseev