> > A major release is a good time to adjust syntax to promote
> > compliance...
> I've been (lightly) bashed in the past for proposing such things (see
> END/ABORT) but I'm with you. I think that TEMP may be far too wide-spread
> by now, though.
Well, imho the TEMP issue is not identical to END/ABORT. For TEMP, we
are unnecessarily restricting the space of possible identifiers,
eliminating a common and obvious name. The fix is trivial, and the
affected parties are *only* those who use temporary tables and who
chose to *not* use SQL92 syntax, which was always available.
- Thomas
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Thomas Lockhart lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu
South Pasadena, California
