Re: "SELECT ... FROM DUAL" is not quite as silly as it appears

From: David Rowley <david(dot)rowley(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Mark Dilger <hornschnorter(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: "SELECT ... FROM DUAL" is not quite as silly as it appears
Date: 2019-01-15 00:55:45
Message-ID: CAKJS1f9SjNMqsOQ1uf1LWrSoEA-u9=rxaJ14+2b26FEhEzkNtw@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, 15 Jan 2019 at 13:17, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
> David Rowley <david(dot)rowley(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> > 1. I don't think having a table named "dual" makes a whole lot of
> > sense for a table with a single row.
>
> Well, I borrowed Oracle terminology there ;-)

yep, but ... go on... break the mould :)

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