Re: Norm SQL? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Renaud Thonnart
Subject Re: Norm SQL?
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Msg-id 3AFAB4A7.63EA1EA8@amwdb.u-strasbg.fr
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In response to Norm SQL?  (Renaud Thonnart <thonnart@amwdb.u-strasbg.fr>)
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Tom Lane wrote:

> Renaud Thonnart <thonnart@amwdb.u-strasbg.fr> writes:
> > Which is the SQL norm of  PostgreSQL?
> > I suppose it is SQL3 ?
>
> AFAIK, SQL3 is not a recognized standard.  We are converging (slowly)
> on full support for SQL92, and we have some SQL99 features (and will
> have more over time, no doubt).
>
> I am not sure that we will ever be 100% compliant with either spec,
> however.  There are legacy things that we don't particularly want to
> change --- for example, the choice of lower rather than upper case as
> the default case folding for identifiers.
>
>                         regards, tom lane

Thank you for your explaination Tom.
Sincerly,
Renaud THONNART


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