Re: [PATCH] Add support for INSERT ... SET syntax

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)kurilemu(dot)de>
Cc: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, Suraj Kharage <suraj(dot)kharage(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add support for INSERT ... SET syntax
Date: 2026-03-30 18:52:54
Message-ID: 883c2802-dfc6-47d3-b24c-04f138c7f93c@dunslane.net
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On 2026-03-30 Mo 11:49 AM, Álvaro Herrera wrote:
> On 2026-Mar-30, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
>> Well, Suraj has kinda beaten me to it, but he didn't invent this syntax.
>> Oracle did <https://oracle-base.com/articles/23/non-positional-insert-into-set-and-insert-into-by-name-clauses-23>
>> and I believe there is a proposal to add it to the standard. (Unlike
>> Suraj's, my WIP patch also supports the INSERT BY NAME variant.)
> Hmm, I don't see any WIP patch from you

No, I haven't submitted it, still working on it. Given Suraj's work, I
will probably just submit a patch for INSERT BY NAME now.

cheers

andrew

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