On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 10:11 AM, Lennin Caro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- On Thu, 9/4/08, Ruben Gouveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> ) (select >> p_date, >> >> fcn_stats1(p_date,'basic'), >> >> fcn_stats2(p_date,'basic',0) >> from dual > > Dual is a table create for you or is the generic table of oracle?
Dual is a special table oracle creates that always has one row and one row only so you have a target for your from clause always. PostgreSQL has the syntactic weirdness that everything is a function that makes some sql syntax hard to implement or get changed, oracle's weirdness (well, one of many really) is the requirement of a target table. the spec would seem to side with oracle on this, but it is a pain the butt. -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql
