Re: [bug] keyword commit being accepted for column name - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Kirk Parker
Subject Re: [bug] keyword commit being accepted for column name
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Msg-id CANwZ8rmFPavdXmTQa9qS+sVEquyC2staomFf7OvkXPD0witYjA@mail.gmail.com
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In response to [bug] keyword commit being accepted for column name  (Vinícius Abrahão <vinnix.bsd@gmail.com>)
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On Sat, May 31, 2025, 11:03 Vinícius Abrahão <vinnix.bsd@gmail.com> wrote:
postgres=# create table postgres_git_repository(commit text, first_line_commit text);
CREATE TABLE
postgres=# create table postgres_git_repository2("commit" text, first_line_commit text);
CREATE TABLE
postgres=# create table postgres_git_repository3("COMMIT" text, first_line_commit text);
CREATE TABLE

postgres=# select version();
                                                version                                                
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PostgreSQL 17.4 on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by clang version 19.1.7 (CentOS 19.1.7-1.el9), 64-bit

postgres=# \d postgres_git_repository
          Table "public.postgres_git_repository"
      Column       | Type | Collation | Nullable | Default
-------------------+------+-----------+----------+---------
 commit            | text |           |          |
 first_line_commit | text |           |          | 

postgres=# \h commit
Command:     COMMIT
Description: commit the current transaction
Syntax:
COMMIT [ WORK | TRANSACTION ] [ AND [ NO ] CHAIN ]

URL: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/sql-commit.html


This is one of those cases where PostgreSQL diverges from the SQL standard (and documents that it does so):


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