Tom Lane wrote:
> > "Daniel Verite" <daniel@manitou-mail.org> writes:
> >> To avoid the confusion between "2:4" and "2":"4" or 2:4,
> >> and the ambiguity with a possibly existing "2:4" column,
> >> maybe we should abandon this syntax and require the optional
> >> scolH to be on its own at the end of the command.
>
> > That would be OK with me; it's certainly less of a hack than what's
> > there now. (I went back and forth about how much effort to put into
> > dealing with the colon syntax; I think the version I have in my patch
> > would be all right, but it's not perfect.)
>
> Here's a patch along those lines. Any objections?
Checking http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/app-psql.html ,
I notice that the last example is still using the syntax for arguments
that has been deprecated by commit 6f0d6a507, as discussed in this
thread.
A fix to psql-ref.sgml is attached.
Best regards,
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Daniel Vérité
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