On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 00:25:57 +0300, Nikolay Samokhvalov <samokhvalov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 2/26/06, Karsten Hilbert <Karsten.Hilbert@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > past'. Yes, standard is 'talkative', but I prefer only standard > things, because it helps me to understand other databases and > 'academical things'. Actually, I hate ':=', '::', 'INT2', etc, and > really want to be able to deprecate them (via conf or something) I find :: to be much more readable than cast(). > 3. 'Ugly' things like DISTINCT ON expression [, ...] (see > http://chernowiki.ru/index.php?node=38#A13) The alternatives to distinct on are painful. They are generally both harder to read and run slower.
