Re: query can't merge into table of the other schema

Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On 11/07/2018 09:10 AM, Pepe TD Vo wrote:
>> *ERROR: "cidrdba.sc_date_in" is not a known variable*

> That doesn't look like a "can't merge table from another schema" error.

>> *LINE 13:    MERGE INTO cidrdba.sc_date_in prod*
>> *               ^*
>> *SQL state: 42601*
>> *Character: 352*

> What happens when you run the statement through psql?

It will fail, of course, since there's no MERGE statement in Postgres.

I think the reason for the weird error is that the plpgsql scanner is
seeing the "INTO cidrdba.sc_date_in" part and trying to process that
as an "INTO plpgsql-variable" clause, before it's fed the rest of the
statement to the core parser, which is what would notice that MERGE
isn't a known command. Maybe we could improve matters by reordering
that processing, but it might be a lot of work for a small benefit.

regards, tom lane