| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "masondeanm(at)aol(dot)com" <masondeanm(at)aol(dot)com>, "pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: INSERT ... RETURNING documentation |
| Date: | 2024-07-25 21:42:03 |
| Message-ID: | 1566148.1721943723@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"David G. Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Thursday, July 25, 2024, PG Doc comments form <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org>
> wrote:
>> The grammar
>> [ RETURNING * | output_expression [ [ AS ] output_name ] [, ...] ]
>> seems wrong to me.
> Yes, the word returning makes it the returning clause. This should be
> written:
> [ Returning { * | output_expression [ [ AS ] output_name ] } [, …] ]
Agreed.
> Related, select says:
> [ * | expression [ [ AS ] output_name ] [, …] ]
I imagine the RETURNING synopsis was copied from that one :-(
Yes, let's change that too.
regards, tom lane
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