Adding CORRESPONDING to Set Operations
Initial patch, filename: corresponding_clause_v2.patch
This patch adds CORRESPONDING clause to set operations according to
SQL20nn standard draft as Feature F301, "CORRESPONDING in query
expressions"
Corresponding clause either contains a BY(...) clause or not. If it
doesn't have a BY(...) clause the usage is as follows.
SELECT 1 a, 2 b, 3 c UNION CORRESPONDING 4 b, 5 d, 6 c, 7 f;
with output:
b c
-----
2 3
4 6
i.e. matching column names are filtered and are only output from the
whole set operation clause.
If we introduce a BY(...) clause, then column names are further
intersected with that BY clause:
SELECT 1 a, 2 b, 3 c UNION CORRESPONDING BY(b) 4 b, 5 d, 6 c, 7 f;
with output:
b
--
2
4
This patch compiles and tests successfully with master branch.
It has been tested only on Pardus Linux i686 ( Kernel 2.6.37.6 #1 SMP
i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux)
This patch includes documentation and add one regression file.
This patch addresses the following TODO item:
SQL Commands: Add CORRESPONDING BY to UNION/INTERSECT/EXCEPT
Best Regards,
Kerem KAT
