Re: Add Missing From?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Add Missing From?
Date: 2004-08-10 23:06:31
Message-ID: 13712.1092179191@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de> writes:
> The USING would be in place of the mandatory FROM in MSSQL. And why use
> a different keyword for the same thing in DELETE and UPDATE?

Please read the earlier part of the thread... this ground was covered
already.

As for emulating MSSQL's syntax, we are *not* about to emulate their
semantics, so it seems a good idea not to use the same syntax.

regards, tom lane

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