Re: Final cleanup of SQL:1999 references

Am Mittwoch, 13. Juli 2005 18:01 schrieb Simon Riggs:
> This doc patch replaces all inappropriate references to SQL:1999 when it
> is used as if it were the latest (and/or still valid) SQL standard.
>
> SQL:2003 is used in its place.

I don't necessarily consider this search and replace to be appropriate.  All
information for users looking for SQL:1999 compliance information is now
lost.  Also, phrases like "This is conforming to SQL:2003." give the wrong
impression that it is not conforming to SQL:1999.  I think it would be less
confusing in these cases to simply write "This is conforming to the SQL
standard." and then mention in the appendix that we consider SQL:2003 to be
the baseline.

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Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/