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  1. Re: Subselects open issue Nr. NEW

    Zeugswetter Andreas IZ5 <andreas.zeugswetter@telecom.at> — 1998-02-17T08:52:50Z

    Gosh, please leave it in it is superb, great, fantastic ... 
    If somebody defines a different behavior as standard in the future,
    we will need to tell him that he has a gordian knot in his brains :-)
    
    Andreas 
    
    > I understand this. And this is how it works currently:
    > 
    > select * from tab where (A,B) >= ANY (select X, Y from tab2);
    > 
    > means: select tuples where A >= X _and_ B >= Y for some tuple from tab2.
    >                                   ^^^^^
    >          'AND' is used for all Op-s except for '<>' when 'OR' is used.
    > 
    > Question is "should we drop this feature (?) or leave it as is ?"
    
    
    
  2. Re: [HACKERS] Re: Subselects open issue Nr. NEW

    Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us> — 1998-02-17T16:02:49Z

    > 
    > Gosh, please leave it in it is superb, great, fantastic ... 
    > If somebody defines a different behavior as standard in the future,
    > we will need to tell him that he has a gordian knot in his brains :-)
    > 
    > Andreas 
    > 
    > > I understand this. And this is how it works currently:
    > > 
    > > select * from tab where (A,B) >= ANY (select X, Y from tab2);
    > > 
    > > means: select tuples where A >= X _and_ B >= Y for some tuple from tab2.
    > >                                   ^^^^^
    > >          'AND' is used for all Op-s except for '<>' when 'OR' is used.
    > > 
    > > Question is "should we drop this feature (?) or leave it as is ?"
    > 
    > 
    > 
    
    I think my recent posting answers this.  You have to comare from
    left-to-right until you find an answer.
    
    -- 
    Bruce Momjian
    maillist@candle.pha.pa.us