Re: Add tests for UNBOUNDED syntax ambiguity - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Heikki Linnakangas
Subject Re: Add tests for UNBOUNDED syntax ambiguity
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Msg-id 036df227-8481-68c3-915f-875566df90fb@iki.fi
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In response to Add tests for UNBOUNDED syntax ambiguity  (Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com>)
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On 24/06/2021 12:01, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> As many will be aware, there is a syntactic ambiguity in the SQL
> standard regarding the keyword UNBOUNDED.  Since UNBOUNDED is a
> non-reserved word, it could be the name of a function parameter and be
> used as an expression.  There is a grammar hack to resolve such cases as
> the keyword.
> 
> I brought this issue to the SQL standard working group, and a fix has
> been agreed.  (Since long-standing syntax obviously can't be changed,
> the fix is basically just an additional rule saying, "if you see this,
> it means the keyword".)

Nice!

> While working on that, I wrote a few test cases to explore this and
> check how PostgreSQL actually handles this.  I figure these test
> cases are worth committing so that we have a record of this and
> future grammar refactorings can maintain the behavior.

+1

- Heikki



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