Re: BUG #2889: Syntax error: WHERE ANY(arrayfield) = N

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "David" <higgsd(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #2889: Syntax error: WHERE ANY(arrayfield) = N
Date: 2007-01-13 18:46:15
Message-ID: 25968.1168713975@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"David" <higgsd(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> This statement works:
> => SELECT * FROM sal_emp WHERE 10000 = ANY (pay_by_quarter);

> But this does not:
> => SELECT * FROM sal_emp WHERE ANY (pay_by_quarter) = 10000;
> ERROR: syntax error at or near "ANY" at character ...

This is not a bug, it's the way the syntax works per SQL spec.
ANY must immediately follow the operator it relates to. See
<quantified comparison predicate> syntax in the spec.

regards, tom lane

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