BUG #19003: A SELECT that does not return a valid table
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Date: 2025-07-30T19:20:14Z
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The following bug has been logged on the website: Bug reference: 19003 Logged by: Alexandre Bailly Email address: alexandrebailly1955@gmail.com PostgreSQL version: 17.5 Operating system: Windows Description: SELECT 'John' AS nom,'James' AS nom returns a table with attributes nom and nom that I can see in the output. The table is invalid because SELECT nom FROM (SELECT 'John' AS nom,'James' AS nom) returns ERROR: column reference "nom" is ambiguous LINE 1: SELECT nom FROM (SELECT 'John' AS nom,'James' AS nom). Returning a table that contains twice the same column should not be permitted. It should be a nice mathematical property (closure) if a SELECT always returns a valid table. Remark: CREATE TABLE customer ( nom text, nom text ); returns ERROR: column "nom" specified more than once.