Re: Problems with question marks in operators (JDBC, ECPG, ...) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Greg Sabino Mullane
Subject Re: Problems with question marks in operators (JDBC, ECPG, ...)
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Msg-id 156e0a392ef98cd16a3cc19bc29e0004@biglumber.com
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In response to Re: Problems with question marks in operators (JDBC, ECPG, ...)  (Dave Cramer <pg@fastcrypt.com>)
Responses Re: Problems with question marks in operators (JDBC, ECPG, ...)  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Re: Problems with question marks in operators (JDBC, ECPG, ...)  (Bruno Harbulot <bruno@distributedmatter.net>)
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Dave Cramer opined:
> It would seem that choosing ? for operators was ill advised; I'm not
> convinced that deprecating them is a bad idea. If we start now, in 5 years
> they should be all but gone

Ha ha ha ha ha! That's a good one. We still have clients on Postgres 7!
Five years is way too short to replace something that major.

> Agreed a patch would be the first place to start

That, or just running the idea up the flagpole on -general. I'm a fairly 
strong -1 at the moment, but will listen to arguments.

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