Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> I still agree with Dean's original proposal: always quote the values of
>> strings.
> I'd still rather rip the format out entirely than do that.
I'd be on board with that too ;-)
> Dean's
> proposal was based on the idea that it would be safe to quote only the
> values and not the keys, which is not something I care to bank on.
Why not? Surely we can restrict EXPLAIN's set of key names to be safe.
regards, tom lane
