"David G. Johnston" <[email protected]> writes:
> On Monday, March 30, 2026, Suraj Kharage <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>> I would like to propose adding support for an alternative INSERT syntax
>> that uses named column assignments via a SET clause. This provides a more
>> convenient and readable way to write inserts, particularly when only
>> specific columns need values.
> -1 for inventing our own full variant of insert command syntax.
This has been discussed before, no? I don't recall exactly why
we didn't adopt the earlier proposal(s), but some digging in the
mailing list archives should be fruitful.
regards, tom lane
