Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> What we can do is keep a list of "not yet parsed WITH-names" in ParseState,
> and check through that list when about to fail for relation-not-found, and
> issue a suitable message hinting that maybe you forgot RECURSIVE if we find
> a match.
>
> I would think this is overkill, except I've made the same darn mistake
> one time too many.  It seems clear to me that a lot of other people will
> make it too, and if the error message isn't more helpful a lot of time
> will get wasted.  Barring loud objections, I'm gonna go change it.

Perhaps it would be sufficient to just check if we're inside a non-recursive
WITH without bothering to check if the name matches?

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