Re: Merge statement

2022-11-18 Thread Alvaro Herrera
On 2022-Nov-18, Boboc Cristi wrote: >     Dear David, your suggestion would be good if it could be applied. > > I have not found the setting you are talking about. I attach here a > screenshot of the settings page. Since obviously you are more > experimented than me about the mail clients, please

Re: Merge statement

2022-11-17 Thread Boboc Cristi
    Dear David, your suggestion would be good if it could be applied. I have not found the setting you are talking about. I attach here a screenshot of the settings page. Since obviously you are more experimented than me about the mail clients, please help.I mention I am using Yahoo's web client.

Re: Merge statement

2022-11-17 Thread Tom Lane
"David G. Johnston" writes: > On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 12:48 PM Boboc Cristi wrote: >> *Top-posting is not by my choice, it is how the email client works.* > Mine has the same default/convention. It is not difficult to choose to > behave differently if one wishes. Given that these messages are

Re: Merge statement

2022-11-17 Thread David G. Johnston
On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 12:48 PM Boboc Cristi wrote: > OK, I agree. I'll do my best to adopt the site conventions for every > specific type of site within the corresponding pages. > > *Top-posting is not by my choice, it is how the email client works.* > > Mine has the same default/convention. I

Re: Merge statement

2022-11-17 Thread Boboc Cristi
OK, I agree. I'll do my best to adopt the site conventions for every specific type of site within the corresponding pages. Top-posting is not by my choice, it is how the email client works. Since you have good reasons to keep the conventions of yours, then please accept that email clients have th

Re: Merge statement

2022-11-17 Thread David G. Johnston
On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 12:06 PM Boboc Cristi wrote: > I agree that your statement is true, but it is still not quite self > sufficient. > > For the time being I have no idea how to make it easier to be understood. > As I have said, for me it is a little confusing. > > I would pay attention to Ki

Re: Merge statement

2022-11-17 Thread Boboc Cristi
I agree that your statement is true, but it is still not quite self sufficient. For the time being I have no idea how to make it easier to be understood. As I have said, for me it is a little confusing. I would pay attention to Kirk Parker  idea: when_clause [ when_clause [...]] to indicate repet

Re: Merge statement

2022-11-17 Thread David G. Johnston
On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 11:20 AM Boboc Cristi wrote: > Hello! > Thank you. I was fooled by the fact that sometimes it is marked with [...] > and other times with [,...] > > I think that consistency might worth attention, since [...] may indicate > "anything", while [,...] are more likely to indic

Re: Merge statement

2022-11-17 Thread Boboc Cristi
Hello!Thank you. I was fooled by the fact that sometimes it is marked with [...] and other times with [,...] I think that consistency might worth attention, since [...] may indicate "anything", while [,...] are more likely to indicate a specific thing that may be repeated. Best regards, Cristi B

Re: Merge statement

2022-11-17 Thread Alvaro Herrera
On 2022-Nov-17, PG Doc comments form wrote: > The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: > > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/15/sql-merge.html > Description: > > From the description it looks like a single WHEN clause is accepted, which > is definitely not true. H