On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 10:16 PM, Andres Freund <and...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > On 2014-09-02 19:06:02 +0200, Joel Jacobson wrote: >> But what do you think about, >> STRICT UPDATE ...? > > I quite dislike it. An UPDATE isn't less 'strict' (whatever that means) > if updates more than one row. There's some sense in the way it's used > for INTO because it's referring to the INTO. And it's much more obvious > what it could mean there.
For those who are familiar with the "INTO STRICT" syntax for SELECT, I think they will also understand the meaning with UPDATE, and maybe it could also be considered a plus not having to invent new keywords, if we can use the ones we already have for other commands. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
