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SQL Bug?

Richard Lynch <lynch@lscorp.com> — 1998-06-26T01:54:31Z

I'm far from an SQL expert, but...

select field1 from table1 where table2.field2 = table1.field3;

This query, which uses tables in the where clause that aren't in the list
of tables, actually does what one would sorta expect in PostgreSQL, but
isn't it a bug for it to do that?...

Not that I mind, since it's what I accidentally coded anyways.

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Re: [SQL] SQL Bug?

Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us> — 1998-06-26T02:13:47Z

> 
> I'm far from an SQL expert, but...
> 
> select field1 from table1 where table2.field2 = table1.field3;
> 
> This query, which uses tables in the where clause that aren't in the list
> of tables, actually does what one would sorta expect in PostgreSQL, but
> isn't it a bug for it to do that?...
> 
> Not that I mind, since it's what I accidentally coded anyways.

It is a feature we have not removed.

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