Re: Request for qualified column names - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Request for qualified column names
Date
Msg-id 200301272118.h0RLIA407117@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: Request for qualified column names  (Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>)
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Larry Rosenman wrote:
> 
> 
> --On Monday, January 27, 2003 15:49:06 -0500 Bruce Momjian 
> <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> wrote:
> 
> >
> > My idea on this after chat with Dave was to add a GUC option that puts
> > the schema.table.column name as the default column label, rather than
> > just the column name.  (That's so easy, I think even I could do it.)  If
> > they over-ride it with AS, or if it is an aggregate or FROM subquery, we
> > just return the default label as we do now --- we could return no label
> > for those cases, but that seems too drastic.  I am not overly excited
> > about doing this at the protocol level unless there is major need for it.
> DONT DEFAULT TO THE NEW ONE WITHOUT NOTICE!
> 
> You will ***BREAK*** people.

Of course we are not going to default this to ON.

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