We're a little puzzled by this (apparently) strange behavior, and would
be curious to know what you folks make of it. Thanks.
Ken
CREATE TABLE foo (
foo_field integer );
CREATE TABLE par(
par_field integer );
SELECT VERSION();
SELECT foo_field FROM par;
SELECT foo_field FROM foo WHERE foo_field IN (SELECT foo_field FROM par);
INSERT INTO foo VALUES (1);
SELECT foo_field FROM foo WHERE foo_field IN (SELECT foo_field FROM par);
INSERT INTO par VALUES (1);
SELECT foo_field FROM foo WHERE foo_field IN (SELECT foo_field FROM par);
/* One row for every foo record, provided at least one record in par */
Which (for us) yields the following output:
Chasers=> \i strangefield.sql
CREATE TABLE
CREATE TABLE
version
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PostgreSQL 8.1.4 on i686-redhat-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc (GCC)
3.4.4 20050721 (Red Hat 3.4.4-2)
(1 row)
psql:strangefield.sql:11: ERROR: column "foo_field" does not exist
foo_field
-----------
(0 rows)
INSERT 0 1
foo_field
-----------
(0 rows)
INSERT 0 1
foo_field
-----------
1
(1 row)
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