Hi Adam,
> I disagree that you would want to remove all the 'redundant'
> information. The purpose of a reserved word list (IMO of course)
> is so that you don't end up calling a table/field/procedure/etc
> something that is going to get you into some trouble using some
> version of Firebird (future or past).
Yes, so I was thinking of columns Fb 1.0, Fb 1.5, etc.
With "redundant" I meant the MySQL and PostgreSQL columns, and also
the SQLnn ones. However...
> ...It would still be a good idea to discourage people to use such
> keywords in case Firebird ever adopts such syntax. This is
> especially true of SQL standard defined keywords which are the most
> likely to eventually become reserved in the future.
That makes sense, so the SQLnn column(s) should probably remain.
Greetings,
Paul Vinkenoog
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