pgsql: Allow an alias to be attached to a JOIN ... USING

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>
To: pgsql-committers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Allow an alias to be attached to a JOIN ... USING
Date: 2021-03-31 15:27:40
Message-ID: E1lRcku-0001yb-R7@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Allow an alias to be attached to a JOIN ... USING

This allows something like

SELECT ... FROM t1 JOIN t2 USING (a, b, c) AS x

where x has the columns a, b, c and unlike a regular alias it does not
hide the range variables of the tables being joined t1 and t2.

Per SQL:2016 feature F404 "Range variable for common column names".

Reviewed-by: Vik Fearing <vik(dot)fearing(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Reviewed-by: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/454638cf-d563-ab76-a585-2564428062af(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com

Branch
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master

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/055fee7eb4dcc78e58672aef146334275e1cc40d

Modified Files
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doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml | 16 +++++++-
src/backend/catalog/sql_features.txt | 2 +-
src/backend/nodes/copyfuncs.c | 2 +
src/backend/nodes/equalfuncs.c | 2 +
src/backend/nodes/outfuncs.c | 2 +
src/backend/nodes/readfuncs.c | 2 +
src/backend/optimizer/plan/setrefs.c | 1 +
src/backend/optimizer/plan/subselect.c | 2 +
src/backend/parser/analyze.c | 1 +
src/backend/parser/gram.y | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----
src/backend/parser/parse_clause.c | 32 +++++++++++++++
src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
src/backend/parser/parse_relation.c | 8 ++++
src/backend/utils/adt/ruleutils.c | 4 ++
src/include/nodes/parsenodes.h | 7 ++++
src/include/nodes/primnodes.h | 6 +++
src/include/parser/parse_node.h | 5 ++-
src/include/parser/parse_relation.h | 1 +
src/test/regress/expected/create_view.out | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
src/test/regress/expected/join.out | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
src/test/regress/sql/create_view.sql | 11 ++++++
src/test/regress/sql/join.sql | 11 ++++++
22 files changed, 315 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)

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