From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Stephan Szabo <sszabo(at)megazone23(dot)bigpanda(dot)com> |
Cc: | Bob Rivoir <rhr2(at)psu(dot)edu>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: INSERT/SELECT with ORDER BY |
Date: | 2000-10-12 19:00:36 |
Message-ID: | 200010121900.PAA10883@candle.pha.pa.us |
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>
> Unless I'm horribly misreading the spec, this is correct.
> ORDER BY is used in reference to cursor definitions and
> direct select statements, but is not part of query expressions
> which is what the INSERT INTO references.
>
> <insert statement> ::=
> INSERT INTO <table name>
> <insert columns and source>
>
> <insert columns and source> ::=
> [ <left paren> <insert column list> <right paren> ]
> <query expression>
> | DEFAULT VALUES
>
> <insert column list> ::= <column name list>
>
> But, this may be a useful extension to allow, at least with the
> existance of LIMIT.
Yes, added to TODO.
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