| From: | Stephan Szabo <sszabo(at)megazone(dot)bigpanda(dot)com> |
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| To: | Philip Hofstetter <phofstetter(at)sensational(dot)ch> |
| Cc: | Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Bug or stupidity |
| Date: | 2004-10-23 15:20:51 |
| Message-ID: | 20041023081917.S53934@megazone.bigpanda.com |
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On Sat, 23 Oct 2004, Philip Hofstetter wrote:
> > As for what's SQL standard, I think by a strict definition your query
> > shouldn't be allowed at all, referencing an undefined table.
>
> This is exactly what I think too. I mean: I know I made an error in my
> query. It would just have been easier to find if PostgreSQL actually had
> told me so (I'm not getting those NOTICEs from PHP...).
>
> If it's wrong, it should be disallowed, not made worse by assuming a
> completely wrong thing.
It's enabled in large part for backwards compatibility. There's a runtime
option that controls the behavior (add_missing_from).
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