Sean Chittenden wrote: > > Well, they aren't separate fields so you can't ORDER BY domain. The dot > > was used so it looks like a schema based on dbname. > > Sorry, I know it's a single field and that there is no split() > function (that I'm aware of), but that seems like such a small and > easy to fix problem that I personally place a higher value on the more > standard nomeclature and use of an @ sign. I understand the value of > . for schemas and whatnot, but isn't a user going to be in their own > schema to begin with? As for the order by, I've got a list of users > per "account" (sales account), so doing the order by is on two columns > and the pg_shadow table is generated periodically from our inhouse > tables. -sc
I have no personal preference between period and @ or whatever. See if you can get some other votes for @ because most left @ when the ORDER BY idea came up from Marc. As for it being a special character, it really isn't because the code prepends the database name and a period. It doesn't look to see if there is a period in the already or anything. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org