Re: OT - select + must have from - sql standard syntax? - Mailing list pgsql-performance

From Dave Dutcher
Subject Re: OT - select + must have from - sql standard syntax?
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In response to Re: OT - select + must have from - sql standard syntax?  (Greg Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-performance-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgsql-performance-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of
> Greg Stark
> Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 11:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [PERFORM] OT - select + must have from - sql
> standard syntax?
[SNIP]
>
> Well you could always create a "dual", it was always just a
> regular table. We
> used to joke about what would happen to Oracle if you
> inserted an extra row in
> it...


I've never used Oracle, so I don't understand why its called dual when
it only has one row?  Shouldn't it be called single?  :\


Dave


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