Re: Authorizing select count()

2022-05-25 Thread Tom Lane
I wrote: > I'm fairly sure that in the past we've considered this idea and rejected > it, mainly on the grounds that it's a completely gratuitous departure > from SQL standard. After some more digging I found the thread that (I think) the "mere pedantry" comment was referring to: https://www.post

Re: Authorizing select count()

2022-05-25 Thread Tom Lane
Michael Paquier writes: > On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 12:26:47PM +0200, Laetitia Avrot wrote: >> You will find enclosed a patch proposal to allow count to be used without a >> star. I, on purpose, decided not to document this behavior, maybe that's >> wrong. > This originates from 108fe47, most likel

Re: Authorizing select count()

2022-05-25 Thread Michael Paquier
On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 12:26:47PM +0200, Laetitia Avrot wrote: > You will find enclosed a patch proposal to allow count to be used without a > star. I, on purpose, decided not to document this behavior, maybe that's > wrong. This originates from 108fe47, most likely as part of this thread. The p