Re: PoC: Make it possible to disallow WHERE-less UPDATE and DELETE

On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 12:51:50PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 12:49 PM, Abhijit Menon-Sen <ams(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> > At 2016-07-21 12:46:29 -0400, robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com wrote:
> >>
> >> I join with others in thinking it's a reasonable contrib module.
> >
> > I don't like the use of the term "empty" to describe an UPDATE or DELETE
> > without a WHERE clause.
>
> /me scratches head.
>
> Who used that term?

I did out of failure to imagine another short way to describe the
situation as I was writing it up. I'd be delighted to change it to
something else.

Best,
David.

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polka dots.
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