Re: Using Postgres as an alias - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Marc G. Fournier
Subject Re: Using Postgres as an alias
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Msg-id A7C39C5FCB364CD2C3284BA7@ganymede.hub.org
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In response to Re: Using Postgres as an alias  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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- --On Thursday, September 27, 2007 02:17:18 -0400 Bruce Momjian
<bruce@momjian.us> wrote:

> Magnus Hagander wrote:
>> > FYI, I live near Philadelphia, but everyone here calls it "Philly", and
>> > there are even companies that use the name like "Philly Pretzel
>> > Company", http://www.phillysoftpretzelfactory.com/pretzelstory.html.  I
>> > don't call it "Philly" when I am out of the country because few people
>> > recognize it outside the USA.
>>
>> Yes, you do. You may try not to, and you may do it less, but you
>> certainly do. Which just proves the force of habit.
>
> Yea, I am sure you are right.   We also say "water" strangely (Wu-der)
> which confuses many people too.

The point being made is/was that although Postgres is considered as acceptable
as Philly is, PostgreSQL is the official name, and what should be used in the
*official* documentation ...


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