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Re: [HACKERS] New TODO item

Zeugswetter Andreas <andreas.zeugswetter@telecom.at> — 1999-06-18T09:04:01Z

> (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