On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 09:31:21AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > about. I originally understood Dave to be asking for parens to be > allowed around individual target column names, which seems a useless > frammish to me. What Bruce has pointed out is that a syntax that lets > you assign multiple columns from a single rowsource would be an actual > improvement in functionality, or at least in convenience and efficiency. > (It would also be a substantial bit of work, which is why I think this > isn't what Dave was offering a quick patch to do...) What I'd like to > know right now is which interpretation Informix actually implements.
Informix syntax is listed on http://www-3.ibm.com/software/data/informix/pubs/library/visionary/infoshelf/sqls/01start.fm.html#156200 It's more than just parens IMO. :-) Michael -- Michael Meskes Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 179140304 Go SF 49ers! Go Rhein Fire! Use Debian GNU/Linux! Use PostgreSQL! ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
