Re: 7.2.1. The FROM Clause

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
Cc: jochen(dot)bandhauer(at)gmx(dot)net, pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: 7.2.1. The FROM Clause
Date: 2026-06-15 17:14:28
Message-ID: 238799.1781543668@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at> writes:
> On Mon, 2026-06-15 at 11:05 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> I can look up the version where it changed, if this seems like the way
>> to go.

> I did, and * became obsolete with 7.1. It's even in the release notes.

Well, not really. 7.1 changed this behavior to depend on the
sql_inheritance GUC. It wasn't till v10 when we removed that GUC
(see e13486eba) that you could really safely assume that an
undecorated table name includes child tables. So I think we should
say it's obsolete since v10 not 7.1.

Pushed with those changes.

regards, tom lane

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