Vlad <marchenko@gmail.com> writes:
> Though question is - doesn't it seem logical to be able to use full
> table names in FOR UPDATE part like I can use them in WHERE part (if I
> don't need/want to use an alias)? Is it something postgresql speciffic
> or it's SQL standard (pardon my ignorance)?
The entire construct is Postgres-specific, so you can't really point
to the spec and say it's wrong.
I don't see any merit whatever in the "I shouldn't need to use an alias"
argument. If you don't have unique aliases then you're going to have
problems anyway.
regards, tom lane
