Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > Ultimately, why not allow: > > > > > > DELETE h, tn > > > FROM history AS h > > > INNER JOIN term_node AS tn ON (h.nid = tn.nid) > > > INNER JOIN term_data AS td ON (td.tid = tn.tid) > > > WHERE h.uid = 2067 AND td.vid = 2 > > > > > > IMHO this would improve compliance towards other database systems. To me > > > this seems to be in the reasonable scope of compatibility. > > > > Which "other database systems"? Only MySQL? If it is MySQL-only, we > > are unlikely to add it. > > The SQL standard does not support this syntax. They would have you put > the joins in a subselect (which is often not enough because then you > can't use outer joins).
So the problem is that our DELETE ... USING does not allow ANSI join syntax? Can that be added? -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
