Excerpts from Shigeru Hanada's message of mar jul 12 03:11:54 -0400 2011: > (2011/07/12 0:44), Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > On lör, 2011-07-09 at 23:49 -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > >> The new ALTER TABLE grammar seems a bit strange -- ADD, SET, DROP. Is > >> this defined by the SQL/MED standard? It seems at odds with our > >> handling of attoptions > > > > Well, I believe the SQL/MED options were actually implemented first and > > the attoptions afterwards. But it's probably not unwise to keep them > > separate, even though the syntaxes could have been made more similar. > > As you say, syntax for attoptions/reloptions seem to satisfy the > requirement of SQL/MED; SET for ADD/SET and RESET for DROP.
Speaking of which -- what's the difference between ADD and SET for SQL/MED options? -- Álvaro Herrera <alvhe...@commandprompt.com> The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
