Re: SET syntax in INSERT

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Vitaly Burovoy <vitaly(dot)burovoy(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Marko Tiikkaja <marko(at)joh(dot)to>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pgsql Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: SET syntax in INSERT
Date: 2016-01-14 20:25:56
Message-ID: 15351.1452803156@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"David G. Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 1:07 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> Vitaly Burovoy <vitaly(dot)burovoy(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>>> You can't now do something like
>>> INSERT INTO foo (arraycol[2], arraycol[4]) VALUES(7, 11);

>> Hm ... actually, you might want to try that before opining

> So what's the problem, then? It seems like a decision has already been
> made.

Yeah, but is it a decision that we might later find to be at odds
with a future SQL standard? The more places we embed that behavior,
the more risk we take.

regards, tom lane

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