Re: Re: [SQL] aliases break my query

> "Zeugswetter Andreas" <andreas.zeugswetter@telecom.at> writes:
> > I think we could get agreement to not allow implicit from entries 
> > if there is a from clause in the statement, but allow them if a from clause
> > is missing altogether. The patch did not distinguish the two cases.
> 
> Hmm, that's a thought.  Taking it a little further, how about this:
> 
> "Emit a notice [or error if you insist] when an implicit FROM item is
> added that refers to the same underlying table as any existing FROM
> item."
> 
> 95% of the complaints I can remember seeing were from people who got
> confused by the behavior of "FROM table alias" combined with a reference
> like "table.column".  Seems to me the above rule would catch this case
> without being obtrusive in the useful cases.  Comments?

Yes, I even added a define called FROM_WARN.  It was disabled, and never
enabled.  When can we enable it?

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