Re: Confusing terminology

On Fri, 18 Jan 2002, Arguile wrote:

> Roderick A. Anderson writes:

> > > ERROR: Relation 'foo' already exists
> >
> > Can a table named foo and a view named foo exist in the same database?
> >
> No. There's no reasonable way for the server to know which you mean when you
> execute a statement. This applies to tables, views, sequences, etc.

It was a rhetorical question (aka. smart-ass).  My point was a table,
view, sequence, and their friends are all relations.  Or at least to my
understanding the table and view are relations.  And therefore Relation 'foo' already exists makes sense to me.


Best,
Rod
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