Re: Values list-of-targetlists patch for comments (was Re:

From: Gavin Sherry <swm(at)linuxworld(dot)com(dot)au>
To: Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: Re: Values list-of-targetlists patch for comments (was Re:
Date: 2006-08-04 00:36:45
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.58.0608041035470.16622@linuxworld.com.au
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On Thu, 3 Aug 2006, Joe Conway wrote:

> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> >
> >>Should we give VALUES its own reference page? That doesn't quite
> >>seem helpful either. cc'ing to pgsql-docs for ideas.
> >
> > This is probably the sort of thing that should be explained part II "The
> > SQL Language". In particular, section 7.2 is about table expressions,
> > which this is either a case of or related to.
> >
> > A few examples on the command references pages to show how it can be
> > useful are probably OK, but the big picture shoulbd be developed in
> > chapter 7 or so.
> >
>
> I'll need some time (perhaps a few weeks because I'm just starting to do
> business travel again), but I'll take responsibility to write something
> up if you'd like.

I'm happy to finish what I started.

Gavin

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