Re: Proposition for autoname columns

On 11/12/20 11:12 AM, David G. Johnston wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 8:59 AM Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net
> <mailto:andrew@dunslane.net>> wrote:
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>     So if we then say:
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>
>         select x, j->>x from mytable;
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>     you want both result columns named x? That seems like a recipe for
>     serious confusion. I really don't think this proposal has been
>     properly
>     thought through.
>
>
> IMO It no worse than today's:
>
> select count(*), count(*) from (values (1), (2)) vals (v);
> count | count
> 2 | 2
>


I guess the difference here is that there's an extra level of
indirection. So


select x, j->>'x', j->>x from mytable


would have 3 result columns all named x.


cheers


andrew