Re: reserved words

so we've discovered we quantified about the same years of X. and we've discovered we've different oppinions. well, that's neat. "good on ya"! trampling...that's neat too. do you also find yourself offering blood sacrifices to honor their sanctitiy. i know that there must be a reason why all major dbs have escape character...and, no, it's not because people like to throw caution to the wind...infer solid reasoning behind their inclusion rather than, "oh yeah, there are guys out there who are going to want to 'trample' on our functionality...so let's make it possible for them to do so by providing the means".

i really did appreciate the original post that gave the web link to the information...sadly, you mistook the poke in my reply as something other than a joke and, assumed the question i asked was to support standard activity. and, hence, presumed the ensuing lecture was in need. i'm glad you've such time on your hands...you must be supporting all those systems you've been stuck w/ that don't meet your take on db design.

bugger hans...bugger.

"Hans Forbrich" <forbrich_at_telusplanet.net> wrote in message news:3F1F50BB.2C8FB9FD_at_telusplanet.net...
> Hans Forbrich wrote:
>
> > steve wrote:
> >
> > > my VOX has many years of X behind it. and, while i tend to stay away
from
> > > using reserved words, when your X begins to work with homogenous
systems,
> > > i.e. ms sql server, oracle, terra-data, etc. you'll quickly find you
can't
> > > avoid stepping on someone's "reserved" toes...you'll also find that
you make
> > > it a common practice to escape all of your columns and tables to avoid
such
> > > a mess.
> >
> > In this case, you are stepping on ANSI toes.
> >
> > BTW - my X has included most of those systems, and more, for slightly
over 20
> > years. In many homogeneous as well as heterogeneous combinations. And
never
> > once have I needed to trample a reserved keyword.
> >
>
> But on several occasions I have the displeasure of supporting systems
where others
> thought they needed to do so.
>
> >
> > Your choice - I don't need to support it <g>
>
Received on Wed Jul 23 2003 - 22:49:27 CDT