Tom,
> >> I just noticed that postgres doesn't totally support
> >> column aliases on UPDATE statements, for example
>
> The SQL92 spec very clearly does not allow an alias on the target table:
I have to agree here. The only improvement from a deviation (alllowing
aliasing) would be cosmetic.
-Josh
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