Re: [PATCH] Implement INSERT SET syntax

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>
Cc: Gareth Palmer <gareth(at)internetnz(dot)net(dot)nz>, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>, Vik Fearing <vik(dot)fearing(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Implement INSERT SET syntax
Date: 2020-03-25 12:51:25
Message-ID: 633d0216-510a-7395-0956-9bdebd83434e@2ndquadrant.com
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On 2020-03-24 18:57, Tom Lane wrote:
> No doubt that's all fixable, but the realization that some cases of
> this syntax are*not* just syntactic sugar for standards-compliant
> syntax is giving me pause. Do we really want to get out front of
> the SQL committee on extending INSERT in an incompatible way?

What is the additional functionality that we are considering adding here?

The thread started out proposing a more convenient syntax, but it seems
to go deeper now and perhaps not everyone is following.

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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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