Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes:
> On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 4:09 AM, Marko Tiikkaja
> <marko.tiikk...@cs.helsinki.fi> wrote:
>> We have yet to reach a consensus on the name for this feature.  I don't
>> think we have any really good candidates, but I like "DML WITH" best so far.

> Why can't we complain about the actual SQL statement the user issued?
> Like, say:
> INSERT requires RETURNING when used within a referenced CTE

We could probably make that work for error messages, but what about
documentation?  It's going to be awkward to write something like
"INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE RETURNING" every time we need to make a general
statement about the behavior of all three.

                        regards, tom lane

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