Small docs bugfix: make it clear what can be used in UPDATE FROM andDELETE USING - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alexey Bashtanov
Subject Small docs bugfix: make it clear what can be used in UPDATE FROM andDELETE USING
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Msg-id 968d4724-8e58-788f-7c45-f7b1813824cc@imap.cc
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Responses Re: Small docs bugfix: make it clear what can be used in UPDATE FROMand DELETE USING
Re: Small docs bugfix: make it clear what can be used in UPDATE FROMand DELETE USING
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Hello,

Currently the documentation says that one can put "a list of table 
expressions"
after FROM in UPDATE or after USING in DELETE.
However, "table expression" is defined as a complex of
FROM, WHERE, GROUP BY and HAVING clauses [1].
The thing one can list in the FROM clause in a comma-separated manner
is called a table reference [2].
SELECT reference does not use this term but explains what they could be [3].

Please could someone have a look at the patch attached?
It's not just pedantry but rather based on a real-life example of 
someone reading and being not sure
whether e.g. joins can be used in there.

Best, Alex

[1] https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/queries-table-expressions.html
[2] 
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/queries-table-expressions.html#QUERIES-FROM
[3] https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/sql-select.html#SQL-FROM

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