Re: "SELECT *" vs hidden columns and logical column order

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: "SELECT *" vs hidden columns and logical column order
Date: 2017-06-30 18:09:53
Message-ID: 3e8dfc3f-c350-5ee7-9d0d-e345ce7f88ba@2ndquadrant.com
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On 6/28/17 23:52, Thomas Munro wrote:
> 2. SQL:2011 temporal tables track system time and/or valid time with
> columns that users create and then declare to be temporal control
> columns. I don't think they show up unless you name them directly (I
> didn't check the standard but I noticed that it's that way in another
> product), so I guess that's basically the same as (1).

In my reading of the standard, those start/end time columns would show
up normally in SELECT *.

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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services

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