Added to TODO:
* Allow INSERT/UPDATE ... RETURNING inside a SELECT 'FROM' clause
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2006-09/msg00803.phphttp://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-10/msg00693.php
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Jeff Davis wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 16:54 -0500, Merlin Moncure wrote:
> > It would be great to be able to join to update, returning, etc. It
> > looks like the code was deliberately tied off as-is and I was
> > surprised not to see a todo for this.
> >
> > the basic idea is to be able to do things like:
> > select * from (update foo set id = 1 returning *) q;
> >
> > which currently syntax errors out on 'set' which is a bit odd.
> >
> > here are tom's brief notes on it and also some context on how select
> > combined with insert/update might influence triggers:
> >
> > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-10/msg00693.php
> >
>
> Also a relevent thread:
>
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2006-09/msg00803.php
>
> Regards,
> Jeff Davis
>
>
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> choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not
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