Re: Alpha 1 release notes - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: Alpha 1 release notes
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Msg-id 20090812003254.GO16362@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: Alpha 1 release notes  (Mike <ipso@snappymail.ca>)
Responses Re: Alpha 1 release notes  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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Mike wrote:

> The thing that caused me the most trouble was that the "," wasn't very
> noticeable sitting near the end of this line:
> 
> EXPLAIN [ ( { ANALYZE boolean | VERBOSE boolean | COSTS boolean |
> FORMAT { TEXT | XML | JSON } } [, ...] ) ] statement
> 
> It may just be me, but I read that as the comma being optional, not
> mandatory in circumstances where you want to specify more then one
> option. 

It is you -- what's optional is having more than one option, but as soon
as you have a second one, the comma is mandatory.

I agree some examples would be useful.

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Alvaro Herrera                                http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
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