=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Hans-J=FCrgen_Sch=F6nig?= <postgres@cybertec.at> writes:
> [ patch to support MINUS as a synonym for EXCEPT ]
I can't agree with doing this. MINUS is not a reserved word according
to SQL99, so supporting Oracle's syntax reduces our spec compatibility
by a visible amount. And for what? The behavior is *exactly* the same,
and all recent versions of Oracle accept the SQL-standard spelling
EXCEPT.
I counsel telling your customer to fix his application. A quick
s/MINUS/EXCEPT/g on his part won't cost anything.
regards, tom lane