Re: Is select a transaction starting statement? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Tue, 14 Sep 2004, Alvaro Herrera wrote:

> -- The following SQL-data statements:
>    [...]
>    <direct select statement: multiple rows>.
>    [...]
> 
> 
> The <direct select statement: multiple rows> is in time defined as
> <cursor specification>, which in turn is a <query expression>, which is
> our SELECT statement.  A lot of jumps in the grammar, but it's there.

Nice.

In sql99 there is only <direct select statement: single row> which is 
SELECT .. INTO .. But maybe some of the other includes queries after 4-5 
jumps or so. Or maybe they simply forgot that one. Just my luck to be 
reading sql99.

Thanks.

-- 
/Dennis Björklund