Re: [DOCS] [BUGS] BUG #7543: Invalid table alias: DELETE FROM table *

2012-09-26 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian writes: > Is there any value to having * vs just not using ONLY? I am not sure > documenting this is helping us, and it would add more clutter. Isn't > this like how we don't document the old COPY syntax. I beg your pardon? The old COPY syntax certainly is documented; see the bot

Re: [DOCS] [BUGS] BUG #7543: Invalid table alias: DELETE FROM table *

2012-09-26 Thread Bruce Momjian
On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 11:58:06PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > barrybr...@sierracollege.edu writes: > > I sometime see my users delete all rows from a table using a command like > > this: > > > DELETE FROM customer *; > > > The question is: what is the star? Is it a table alias or an > > output_expr