On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Grzegorz Szpetkowski <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/queries-overview.html > > "Assuming that there is a table called table1, this command would > retrieve all rows and all columns from table1." > > Maybe it's worth adding: > > "Assuming that there is a table called table1, this command would > retrieve all rows and all columns (excluding system columns described > at Section 5.4) from table1."
Since this is a basic SQL tutorial, we don't want to get too far down into the weeds, or people will get confused. The next sentence would need some thought, too: The select list specification <literal>*</literal> means all columns that the table expression happens to provide. Possibly we could add a footnote? -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-docs mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-docs
