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28.0.50; sql.el should add support PostgreSQL alias "postgresql" of "postgres"

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Michael Mauger <mmauger <at> protonmail.com>
Cc: "numbchild <at> gmail.com" <numbchild <at> gmail.com>, Michael Mauger <michael <at> mauger.com>, "40564 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <40564 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: bug#40564: 28.0.50; sql.el should add support PostgreSQL alias "postgresql" of "postgres"
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2020 15:04:05 +0200

Michael Mauger <mmauger <at> protonmail.com> writes:

> * Based on my understanding of this issue, I believe that this not a feature appropriate
>   for sql-mode, but rather it represents a weakness in the EJC->SQL mapping. Sql.el has
>   used `postgres' as the identifier of the PostgreSQL since the first commit in '99. It
>   was exposed as a user visible variable in `sql-product-alist' in 2003. EJC is using a
>   heuristic that may work for other products, but it definitely won't work for all (It is
>   broken for EJC's `sqlserver', which is `ms' in sql.el).

Thanks.  If I understand correctly, the recommendation is to report
this to the ejc developers.

Does that mean that this bug should be closed as "wontfix"?  Or is
there anything more to do here?

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

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