Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The regression test file subselect.sql contains the following query under the 
> heading "Correlated subselects":

> SELECT '' AS five, f1 AS "Correlated Field"
>   FROM SUBSELECT_TBL
>   WHERE (f1, f2) IN (SELECT f2, CAST(f3 AS int4) FROM SUBSELECT_TBL
>                      WHERE f3 IS NOT NULL);

> It has been pointed out to me that there is no correlation in this query.  Is 
> there some other special purpose to this query or is it simply categorized 
> wrongly?

I think it's just mislabeled.  Looking at the CVS history, that
particular query hasn't been changed since Tom Lockhart first created
this test back in 6.3.  I don't see any reason to think it has a
special purpose in mind.

                        regards, tom lane

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