Re: Key joins

From: Henson Choi <assam258(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Arne Roland <arne(dot)roland(at)malkut(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Tomas Vondra <tomas(at)vondra(dot)me>, Joel Jacobson <joel(at)compiler(dot)org>, Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>, Anders Granlund <anders(dot)granlund(dot)0(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andreas Karlsson <andreas(at)proxel(dot)se>, Vik Fearing <vik(at)chouppes(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Key joins
Date: 2026-06-25 14:09:01
Message-ID: CAAAe_zD0e5pK3YQPYx+YEhvDnZknZNTJ6F4rtOygALWVHf3XDg@mail.gmail.com
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Hi Arne,

Thank you for the thorough and thoughtful response. As you suggested:

> "You can read more about our design rationale in chapter 8 in the
> attached key_joins.pdf or online at https://keyjoin.org/#sec8. For an
> understanding of the usefulness of the feature I suggest sections 7.2
> to 7.6 again in the key_joins.pdf or online at https://keyjoin.org/#sec7.2
."

I will read through these sections carefully and come back with further
comments.

I genuinely admire the ambition of bringing this to WG3. Pushing a
Change Proposal to the SQL standard is no small undertaking, and I
respect the effort behind it. I hope the Stockholm meeting goes well.

On a personal note — I work on PostgreSQL upstream contributions myself,
and I have long been interested in the SQL standard as a living
document rather than a fixed reference. If I ever reach the point of
wanting to raise a small question or propose a correction based on
something I encounter in implementation work, would it be alright to
reach out to you?

Best regards,
Henson

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