Re: some possible parser cleaning: drop support column(table) syntax - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Pavel Stehule
Subject Re: some possible parser cleaning: drop support column(table) syntax
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Msg-id 162867790910220830u5b0b3834jf15cd81115b953f7@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: some possible parser cleaning: drop support column(table) syntax  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: some possible parser cleaning: drop support column(table) syntax
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2009/10/22 Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>:
> Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com> writes:
>> 2009/10/22 Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>:
>>> Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com> writes:
>>>> this is syntax column(table) necessary still?
>
>>> There is no reason to remove that.
>
>> do you know somebody who use it? It is dead code.
>
> It is not --- it's the recommended solution for emulating computed
> columns.  The column-as-f(x) direction maybe isn't terribly exciting,
> but the function-as-x.col direction definitely is.
>

is it documented?

regards
Pavel Stehule

>                        regards, tom lane
>


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