Ultimlately, what we would like is a pre-grammar to convert Oracle-isms
to PostgreSQL/ANSI.
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> Hello,
>
> Oracle has MINUS keyword used instead of EXCEPT.
> I know that this sucks, but I like sometimes to test Oracle queries on
> PostgreSQL (I should use Oracle...).
>
> Here is a patch to make minus working same way as except. I am not sure it is
> complety correct (I am not very big guru in grammars... Just wrote draft
> version of Oberon-2 -> C++ translator). Please someone more expirienced check
> that all is fine.
>
> BTW, I am not ask for inclusion in current tree. I just create a patch, and
> if someone need it it can be picked up.
>
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> Sincerely Yours,
> Denis Perchine
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