The following bug has been logged online:
Bug reference: 2755
Logged by: Basil Evseenko
Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PostgreSQL version: 8.1.4
Operating system: Linux 2.6
Description: strange select behavior
Details:
# \d tables.cart
Column | Type |
Modifiers
-------------+--------------------------+-----------------------------------
--------------------------------
id | integer | not null default
nextval('tables.cart_id_seq'::regclass)
user_id | integer | not null
track_id | integer | not null
price | numeric(12,2) | default 0.0
size | integer | default 0
expire_date | timestamp with time zone | default (now() + '1
day'::interval)
timestamp | timestamp with time zone | default now()
ordered | integer | not null default 0
album_id | integer
# \d tables.download
Column | Type |
Modifiers
-----------+--------------------------+-------------------------------------
----------------------------------
id | integer | not null default
nextval('tables.download_id_seq'::regclass)
cart_id | integer | not null
http_info | character varying |
size | integer | default 0
timestamp | timestamp with time zone | default now()
# SELECT count(1) from tables.download where cart_id in (select cart_id from
tables.cart where user_id=1);
count
-------
2860
(1 row)
# select cart_id from tables.cart where user_id=1;
ERROR: column "cart_id" does not exist
Why in the first case select doestn't raise syntax error, but use cart_id
from tables.download?
Is this bug or a feature?
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