On 2026-03-30 Mo 10:38 AM, David G. Johnston wrote:
On Monday, March 30, 2026, Suraj Kharage <suraj.kharage@enterprisedb.com> wrote: I would like to propose adding support for an alternative INSERT syntax that uses named column assignments via a SET clause. This provides a more convenient and readable way to write inserts, particularly when only specific columns need values.
-1 for inventing our own full variant of insert command syntax.
Well, Suraj has kinda beaten me to it, but he didn't invent this syntax. Oracle did <https://oracle-base.com/articles/23/non-positional-insert-into-set-and-insert-into-by-name-clauses-23> and I believe there is a proposal to add it to the standard. (Unlike Suraj's, my WIP patch also supports the INSERT BY NAME variant.)
cheers
andrew
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