Re: ROWS FROM(): A Foolish (In)Consistency?

From: Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)BlueTreble(dot)com>
To: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: ROWS FROM(): A Foolish (In)Consistency?
Date: 2015-10-20 00:02:12
Message-ID: 56258484.9000604@BlueTreble.com
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On 10/19/15 1:07 PM, David Fetter wrote:
> What I'd like to do is lift the restriction on ROWS FROM(), which
> currently requires that the stuff inside the parentheses set-returning
> functions, so constructs something like the following would actually work:
>
> SELECT *
> FROM
> ROWS FROM (
> (VALUES (...), ..., (...)),
> (SELECT ... ),
> (INSERT ... RETURNING ... ),
> my_srf()
> )
> AS t(...)
>
> would actually work.

There's been a few places where I would have found that handy.
--
Jim Nasby, Data Architect, Blue Treble Consulting, Austin TX
Experts in Analytics, Data Architecture and PostgreSQL
Data in Trouble? Get it in Treble! http://BlueTreble.com

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