hubert depesz lubaczewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 06:46:42PM +0000, Lon Varscsak wrote: >> delete from customer_transactions_detail where transaction_id in (select >> transaction_id from test); >> The transaction_id column does NOT exist in the temporary table named >> 'test'). I would think this would just result in an error, instead it >> delete all rows in the customer_transactions_detail table.
> i wrote about it in more details in here: > http://www.depesz.com/index.php/2007/09/06/postgresql-gotchas/ This isn't a "postgres gotcha", it's a "SQL standard gotcha". Any DBMS that fails to execute the query exactly that way is violating the spec. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
