7.2.1. The FROM Clause

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Date: 2026-06-12T09:58:36Z
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Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/queries-table-expressions.html
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I have a question regarding:
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/queries-table-expressions.html#QUERIES-FROM
Is the following sentence from the docu correct?
"Instead of writing ONLY before the table name, you can write * after the
table name to explicitly specify that descendant tables are included."

I read it like you can use "* after the table name" instead of "ONLY before
the table name" which seems wrong.

Thanks
Jochen




Commits

  1. Doc: reword discussion of asterisk after table names in FROM.