Re: TABLE command - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: TABLE command
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Msg-id 9124.1225369258@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to TABLE command  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> If I read this right, SQL would allow writing
> TABLE foo;

> as a top-level command, equivalent to SELECT * FROM foo; (see production 
> <explicit table>).  It can be used whereever a SELECT or VALUES can be used.

> This is probably about as useless as some of my other recent patches, 
> but the implementation is simple (see attachment), so we could add it. 
> Comments?

Considering how ugly it was to fit top-level VALUES into our
documentation, I'm not really looking forward to this one.  I'd vote no,
at least until such time as we see some field demand for it.
        regards, tom lane


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