Re: AW: New warning code for missing FROM relations

At 10:02 5/06/00 +0200, Zeugswetter Andreas SB wrote:
>
>> > >    SELECT *
>> > >       INTO TABLE tmp1
>> > >       FROM tmp
>> > >       WHERE onek.unique1 < 2;
>> > >    NOTICE:  Adding missing FROM-clause entry for table onek
>> 
>
>Yes, only Bruce and I are of the opinion that it *is* an Error, and I guess 
>we want some consensus.
>The notice is imho of the sort: notice this syntax is going to be disallowed
>soon.
>

FWIW, I think it's an error too. For me, this situation is *far* more
likely to result from typos than intention, and I want to be told when it
happens. I also want to be prevented from doing it.

I take it that there is no chance of a compile-time or runtime option to
disallow this kind of thing in all cases?


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