Re: [HACKERS] Re: subselects
Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
From: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: scrappy@hub.org (The Hermit Hacker)
Cc: Andreas.Zeugswetter@telecom.at, pgsql-hackers@hub.org
Date: 1998-01-21T16:03:19Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> > Yes, I know other engines support subqueries and references in the > > target list. I want to know if we are going to do that for 6.3. > > Personally, I have never seen much use for it. > > If its easy to add in the next couple of days, sure, go for > it...but can someone explain to me *why* you would use a subselect in the > target list? I've actually never seen that before :9 I have no idea why someone would want to do that. I have enough trouble figuring out how the engine is going to execute normal queries, let alone strange ones like that. -- Bruce Momjian maillist@candle.pha.pa.us