Re: 7.2.1. The FROM Clause

From: Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>, jochen(dot)bandhauer(at)gmx(dot)net, pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: 7.2.1. The FROM Clause
Date: 2026-06-15 20:35:37
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Re: Tom Lane
> I think we've discussed that before, and concluded that removing the
> docs would be a disservice to users who are trying to read old code
> that does this and don't know what it means. Maybe that argument
> is too weak now to justify keeping the docs, but I'm unsure.

Fwiw, I saw that syntax somewhere some days back and then went looking
what it meant. I did find it in psql's "\h select" and in turn the
full SELECT documentation. I guess if the docs had not mentioned it, I
would have had to read the grammar, and looking for a non-string in
there sounds painful.

So it should definitely be kept. Thanks. :)

Christoph

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