Re: SQL conformance related patch - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Troels Arvin
Subject Re: SQL conformance related patch
Date
Msg-id pan.2004.11.25.19.57.39.350230@arvin.dk
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In response to SQL conformance related patch  (Troels Arvin <troels@arvin.dk>)
Responses Re: SQL conformance related patch  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 19:16:47 +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> Btw., does anyone mind if I change the names of the standards to
>
> SQL 1992
> SQL 1999
> SQL 2003
>
> ?  The other styles seem to be rather contrived and are not applied
> consistently.

We have tried to use the official[1] short names:
SQL-92
SQL:1999
SQL:2003

- But it's true that those short names are not used consistently
throughout the documentation.

I see no reason not to use the offical short names; to me, they look OK
text-wise. But it boils down to a matter of taste.


Note 1:
http://books.elsevier.com/mk/default.asp?isbn=1558604561 has a section on
this subject.

--
Greetings from Troels Arvin, Copenhagen, Denmark


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