> 1.3 Supported by Oracle, not PG > > a.* star reference in COLUMNS > Oracle allows COLUMNS (a.*) to return all properties of an element > variable across all its labels. PG rejects this ("*" not allowed > here). A workaround exists: list properties explicitly. This is the > only SQL/PGQ query execution capability where Oracle is ahead of the > current PG implementation.
PGQ doesn’t seem to reject a.*. I think PostgreSQL is still at an early stage of supporting SQL/PGQ, so missing features like this are acceptable for now, and we can add support for more syntax in the future.
I agree — a.* in COLUMNS is better addressed in a follow-up patch.
