Re: [GENERAL] [Bulk] Re: quoted identifier behaviour

2007-03-15 Thread Stephan Szabo
On Wed, 14 Mar 2007, Randall Smith wrote: > Stephan Szabo wrote: > > On Wed, 14 Mar 2007, Randall Smith wrote: > > > >> Scott Marlowe wrote: > >>> This whole discussion is reminding me of one of my personal mantras, and > >>> that is that relying on "artifacts" of behaviour is generally a bad > >>

Re: [GENERAL] [Bulk] Re: quoted identifier behaviour

2007-03-15 Thread Scott Marlowe
On Wed, 2007-03-14 at 17:33, Randall Smith wrote: > Scott Marlowe wrote: > > This whole discussion is reminding me of one of my personal mantras, and > > that is that relying on "artifacts" of behaviour is generally a bad > > idea. > > > > For instance, many databases accept != for not equal, but

Re: [GENERAL] [Bulk] Re: quoted identifier behaviour

2007-03-14 Thread Randall Smith
Stephan Szabo wrote: On Wed, 14 Mar 2007, Randall Smith wrote: Scott Marlowe wrote: This whole discussion is reminding me of one of my personal mantras, and that is that relying on "artifacts" of behaviour is generally a bad idea. For instance, many databases accept != for not equal, but the

Re: [GENERAL] [Bulk] Re: quoted identifier behaviour

2007-03-14 Thread Randall Smith
Alvaro Herrera wrote: Randall Smith wrote: Scott Marlowe wrote: This whole discussion is reminding me of one of my personal mantras, and that is that relying on "artifacts" of behaviour is generally a bad idea. For instance, many databases accept != for not equal, but the sql standard quite cl

Re: [GENERAL] [Bulk] Re: quoted identifier behaviour

2007-03-14 Thread Stephan Szabo
On Wed, 14 Mar 2007, Randall Smith wrote: > Scott Marlowe wrote: > > This whole discussion is reminding me of one of my personal mantras, and > > that is that relying on "artifacts" of behaviour is generally a bad > > idea. > > > > For instance, many databases accept != for not equal, but the sql

Re: [GENERAL] [Bulk] Re: quoted identifier behaviour

2007-03-14 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Randall Smith wrote: > Scott Marlowe wrote: > >This whole discussion is reminding me of one of my personal mantras, and > >that is that relying on "artifacts" of behaviour is generally a bad > >idea. > > > >For instance, many databases accept != for not equal, but the sql > >standard quite clearly

Re: [GENERAL] [Bulk] Re: quoted identifier behaviour

2007-03-14 Thread Randall Smith
Scott Marlowe wrote: This whole discussion is reminding me of one of my personal mantras, and that is that relying on "artifacts" of behaviour is generally a bad idea. For instance, many databases accept != for not equal, but the sql standard quite clearly says it's <>. If you're relying on cas

Re: [GENERAL] [Bulk] Re: quoted identifier behaviour

2007-03-14 Thread Scott Marlowe
This whole discussion is reminding me of one of my personal mantras, and that is that relying on "artifacts" of behaviour is generally a bad idea. For instance, many databases accept != for not equal, but the sql standard quite clearly says it's <>. If you're relying on case folding meaning that

Re: [GENERAL] [Bulk] Re: quoted identifier behaviour

2007-03-14 Thread Randall Smith
Ted Byers wrote: - Original Message - From: "Randall Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'll give the pghackers forum a visit and since I'm already on the subject here, I'll make a direct comparison of the situation. Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser is known to have poor support fo