Vince Vielhaber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Thomas Lockhart wrote: >> But I *really* don't see the benefit of that <table>(<table>.<col>) >> syntax. Especially when it cannot (?? we need a counterexample) lead to >> any additional interesting beneficial behavior.
> The only benefit I can come up with is existing stuff written under > the impression that it's acceptable. That's the only benefit I can see either --- but it's not negligible. Especially not if the majority of other DBMSes will take this syntax. I was originally against adding any such thing, but I'm starting to lean in the other direction. I'd want it to error out on "INSERT foo (bar.col)", though ;-) regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly