>
> vac=> \d test
>
> Table = test
> +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+
> | Field | Type | Length|
> +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+
> | x | int4 | 4 |
> | y | int4 | 4 |
> +----------------------------------+----------------------------------+-------+
> vac=> select count(*) from test where exists (select t1.y from test t1 where t1.y = x);
> ^
> Is this correlated subquery or not ?
> (Note, that I don't use x with t1. prefix here)
> With current parser this works as un-correlated subquery...
> Is this Ok and I have to re-write query as
>
> vac=> select count(*) from test t2 where exists
> ^^
> (select t1.y from test t1 where t1.y = t2.x);
> ^^^
> to get correlated one ?
>
> Vadim
>
>
I am almost sure this is uncorrelated. If an unqualified varaiable
appears in a subquery, it matches the closest table it can find.
I am not sure about the standard, but logic would suggest this is the
way it should work.
And, of course, that is what the parser does.
--
Bruce Momjian
maillist@candle.pha.pa.us