| From: | "Eric B(dot) Ridge" <eebbrr(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Marti Raudsepp <marti(at)juffo(dot)org>, Marcin Mańk <marcin(dot)mank(at)gmail(dot)com>, Mark Mielke <mark(at)mark(dot)mielke(dot)cc>, Darren Duncan <darren(at)darrenduncan(dot)net>, David Wilson <david(dot)t(dot)wilson(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: Thoughts on "SELECT * EXCLUDING (...) FROM ..."? |
| Date: | 2011-11-01 23:11:00 |
| Message-ID: | CC7DDE3E-7643-4818-B8AA-8662714E199E@gmail.com |
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On Nov 1, 2011, at 6:47 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> I can think of a number of places where you can write "*" where I'm
> pretty sure we *don't* want this. It should be restricted to top-level
> entries in SELECT targetlists, IMO.
Yes. That is the exact conclusion I've come to.
However, why is
select table.* foo from table
allowed? What does that even mean?
eric
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