Re: LATERAL synopsis

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Erik Rijkers" <er(at)xs4all(dot)nl>
Cc: pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: LATERAL synopsis
Date: 2012-10-27 16:44:43
Message-ID: 21287.1351356283@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Erik Rijkers" <er(at)xs4all(dot)nl> writes:
> [ LATERAL ] function_name ( [ argument [, ...] ] ) AS ( column_definition [, ...] )

> But what does 'column_definition' stand for? (These are the only occurrences of
> 'column_definition' in the manual.)

This is the syntax for specifying what columns a
function-returning-RECORD is actually going to return. I'm too lazy to
chase down the reference and see whether it's really inconsistent or
not --- but that line was like that before I added [ LATERAL ] to it ...

regards, tom lane

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