Tom, > But did it ever work against a release? The backend's test code for > this was busted for awhile during 8.2devel.
No, because SQL-standard correct SELECT FOR UPDATE outer join is an 8.2 feature. We didn't have it in 8.1. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL @ Sun San Francisco ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match