Re: [HACKERS] UNION not allowed in sub-selects? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [HACKERS] UNION not allowed in sub-selects?
Date
Msg-id 199911300354.WAA26499@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to UNION not allowed in sub-selects?  ("Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk>)
List pgsql-hackers
This is already on TODO list.

> In 6.5.3, it seems that UNION is not allowed inside a sub-select:
> 
> bray=> select p.id, p.name, a.town from person* as p, address as a
> bray=> where p.id in
> bray-> (select id from customer union select id from supplier);
> ERROR:  parser: parse error at or near "union"
> 
> The same applies to EXCEPT and INTERSECT.
> 
> Is this a permanent feature, an oversight, or something already on the TODO
> list?
> 
> 
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