Re: New warning code for missing FROM relations - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: New warning code for missing FROM relations
Date
Msg-id 200006031400.KAA19022@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: New warning code for missing FROM relations  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: New warning code for missing FROM relations
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> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > I have committed new warning code to alert users who auto-create
> > relations without knowing it.
> > The code issues the warning if it auto-creates a range table entry, and
> > there is already a range table entry identified as coming from a FROM
> > clause.  Correlated subqueries should not be a problem because they are
> > not auto-created.
> 
> I still prefer the suggestion I made before: complain only if the
> implicit FROM entry is for a table already present in the rangelist
> (under a different alias, obviously).  The fact that that choice
> would not break any existing regression tests seems relevant...

But it seems mine is going to complain if they forget one in a FROM
clause, which sort of makes sense to me.   I can do your suggestion, but
this makes more sense.  Can we get some other votes?

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