Re: [HACKERS] what standard say ...
Vadim B. Mikheev <vadim@sable.krasnoyarsk.su>
From: "Vadim B. Mikheev" <vadim@sable.krasnoyarsk.su>
To: "Thomas G. Lockhart" <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>
Cc: hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 1998-02-06T07:48:58Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Thomas G. Lockhart wrote: > > > vac=> select count(*) from test where exists (select t1.y from test t1 where t1.y = x); > > ^ > > Is this correlated subquery or not ? > > (Note, that I don't use x with t1. prefix here) > > With current parser this works as un-correlated subquery... > > >From "The SQL Standard", 3rd ed., Date and Darwen: > > "... each unqualified column name is _implicitly_ qualified by a range variable name > defined (explicitly or implicitly) in the nearest applicable FROM clause." (the emphasis > is from the book, not me) > > It goes on to recommend reading the standard for full understanding, but it is pretty > clear that your interpretation is correct; in the example above x is implicitly equivalent > to t1.x. Ok. Nice to know that we are correct here :) Vadim