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> PostgreSQL USER is cursed > The USER keyword in PostgreSQL is cursed because you can select from it like a table, which leads to confusion if you have a table
by reliabilityguy 1y ago
> PostgreSQL USER is cursed
> The USER keyword in PostgreSQL is cursed because you can select from it like a table, which leads to confusion if you have a table name user as well.
is even funnier :D
- account42 1y agoSQL's "feature" of having table and field names in the same syntactic namespace as an ever expanding set of english language keywords is the original eldritch curse behind it all.