Re: Why No WHERE clause for INSERT statements - Mailing list pgsql-general

Maurice Gittens <mainmanmauricio@gmail.com> writes:
> The syntax includes a where clause allowing qualified declarative
> control over what is deleted.

> Why would the same not hold for the insert statement?

All that stuff is buried in the "query" option.  You can do something
like

    INSERT INTO table SELECT ... WHERE ...

so the full power of SELECT is available already.

            regards, tom lane