On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 11:13:32AM +0000, Alexey Bashtanov wrote: > Hello, > > Currently the documentation says that one can put "a list of table > expressions" > after FROM in UPDATE or after USING in DELETE. > However, "table expression" is defined as a complex of > FROM, WHERE, GROUP BY and HAVING clauses [1]. > The thing one can list in the FROM clause in a comma-separated manner > is called a table reference [2]. > SELECT reference does not use this term but explains what they could be [3]. > > Please could someone have a look at the patch attached? > It's not just pedantry but rather based on a real-life example of someone > reading and being not sure > whether e.g. joins can be used in there.
Thanks for doing this! Speaking of examples, there should be more of them illustrating some of the cases you name. Best, David. -- David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> http://fetter.org/ Phone: +1 415 235 3778 Remember to vote! Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate
