X-Original-To: pgsql-hackers-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 065A7D1BB89 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 16:04:58 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 41106-02 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 16:04:57 -0300 (ADT) Received: from bramble.mmrd.com (unknown [65.217.53.66]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A907D1BAD6 for ; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 16:04:56 -0300 (ADT) Received: from thorn.mmrd.com (thorn.mmrd.com [172.25.10.100]) by bramble.mmrd.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i3NJ9rcM021356; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 15:09:56 -0400 Received: from gnvex001.mmrd.com (gnvex001.mmrd.com [192.168.3.55]) by thorn.mmrd.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id i3NJ4sl23774; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 15:04:54 -0400 Received: from camel.mmrd.com ([172.25.5.213]) by gnvex001.mmrd.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2657.72) id JNFVDY9V; Fri, 23 Apr 2004 15:04:52 -0400 Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] What can we learn from MySQL? From: Robert Treat To: Andrew Dunstan Cc: PostgreSQL-development In-Reply-To: <4089603A.6050904@dunslane.net> References: <1082735128.22969.110 6.camel@camel> <20040423094236.J17459@megazone.bigpanda.com> <40894E5A.4060102@dunslane.net> <1082743986.25537.1129.camel@camel> <4089603A.6050904@dunslane.net> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 23 Apr 2004 15:04:53 -0400 Message-Id: <1082747094.23008.1158.camel@camel> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 tagged_above=0.0 required=5.0 tests= X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200404/752 X-Sequence-Number: 52674 On Fri, 2004-04-23 at 14:28, Andrew Dunstan wrote: > Robert Treat wrote: > of course you could just create duplicates of all > >the functions in both upper and lower case, that way whichever way you > >fold it matches :-) > > > > That strikes me as an instant recipe for shooting yourself in the foot, > as well as providing useless catalog bloat. Things need *one* canonical > name, IMNSHO. > hence the smiley... Robert Treat -- Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL