Re: [HACKERS] New TODO item
Zeugswetter Andreas <andreas.zeugswetter@telecom.at>
From: Zeugswetter Andreas IZ5 <Andreas.Zeugswetter@telecom.at>
To: pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org
Date: 1999-06-18T09:04:01Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> (It is true that there are a few extensions to > the SQL syntax which are holdovers from the PostQuel language, which > explains a few odd features in the parser.) > > Would you prefer that we do nothing until I have a chance to research > this some more, or is someone going to dive in? > IMHO a tablename after select is only valid if there is a point and attribute or function after the tablename because postgresql handles queries of the form: select t1.eval; select t1.*; Where eval can be a column of the t1 table or a function accepting one opaque argument. The function is automatically passed each row of t1. This is the important feature. Andreas