PGConf.dev 2026 SQL Standard Workshop

https://2026.pgconf.dev/session/553

This is a workshop, so it's meant to be interactive.

• There is no separate registration for this workshop, but you can help the organizer by letting them know if you plan to attend.
  • either: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
  • or: PostgreSQL Hacking Discord server channel #sql-standard-dev or DM

• This workshop runs over lunch, but lunch will be served in the room.

• The room is not used after the workshop (except for commitfest meetings), so we can extend or keep working in smaller groups if necessary.

• Here are some things we could do, depending on the participants:
  • Bring your own copy of the standard if you have it, else we can help you on site.
  • Introduction on how the standard is written, how to read it, what different terms and sections mean.
  • Try to solve interpretation questions, "what does the standard say about X" questions, solve problems you might have had. (Bring your questions.)
  • Discuss what we might want to add to the standard and how.
  • Look through the current CD consultation comments and try to address them. (You will learn what this means.)
  • Write your own first change proposal paper (either during the workshop or separately afterwards), to submit to the June committee meeting.