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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [HACKERS] issue: record or row variable cannot be part of multiple-item INTO list
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Msg-id 27832.1505848411@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] issue: record or row variable cannot be part ofmultiple-item INTO list  ("David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>)
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"David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com> writes:
> On Tuesday, September 19, 2017, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> I'd be much happier if there were some notational difference
>> between I-want-the-composite-variable-to-absorb-a-composite-column
>> and I-want-the-composite-variable-to-absorb-N-scalar-columns.

> If we change to considering exactly one output column for each target var
> this seems unnecessary.

Breaking backwards compatibility to that extent seems like a nonstarter.
        regards, tom lane


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