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.

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Bruce Momjian
maillist@candle.pha.pa.us