Merlin Moncure <mmonc...@gmail.com> wrote: > yeah, that's the correct way, but why does this work? > select val from random() as val; If you look at the PostgreSQL reference docs for the SELECT statement, a from_item can be a SELECT statement in parentheses or a function call (among other things). It cannot be an arbitrary expression containing operators (like ::). -Kevin
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