[Firebird-docs] Reserved Words list (was: Intro)

[Paul V. <pa...@vi...>]

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