On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Heikki Linnakangas
<heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
> On 11.03.2011 20:59, Robert Haas wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 4:44 PM, Tom Lane<tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>>>
>>> Add missing keywords to gram.y's unreserved_keywords list.
>>>
>>> We really need an automated check for this ... and did VALIDATE really
>>> need to become a keyword at all, rather than picking some other syntax
>>> using existing keywords?
>>
>> I think we ought to try to do something about this, so that VALIDATE
>> doesn't need to become a keyword.
>>
>> How about instead of VALIDATE CONSTRAINT we simply write ALTER
>> CONSTRAINT ... VALID? (Patch attached, passes make check.)
>
> ALTER CONSTRAINT ... VALID sounds like it just marks the constraint as
> valid. "VALIDATE CONSTRAINT" sounds like it scans and checks that the
> constraint is valid.
Yeah, it's a little awkward, but I think it's still better than adding
another keyword. Any other ideas for wording?
--
Robert Haas
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