Re: The empty list?

On 11/2/06, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
> Jesper Krogh <jesper(at)krogh(dot)cc> writes:
> > Whereas this gives a syntax error:
>
> > # select 1 in ();
> > ERROR: syntax error at or near ")" at character 14
> > LINE 1: select 1 in ();
> > ^
>
> I think the short answer why the spec disallows this (which it does)
> is that it considers the right-hand side to be a table, and with
> absolutely nothing there, there is no way to impute a rowtype to the
> table.
>
>
So if this syntax violates the specs then the ORM is the what needs to be
change. The ORM should not attempt to do this.

I have to use DB2 sometimes and it also does not allow empty ().

What ORM are you using that is trying to do this?

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