Re: inserting values like in mySQL

Hi,

> > In mySQL it was like this:
> >
> > insert into users values ('','peter','my_pass');
> >
> > In PostGreSQL this does not work. The only thing that works is
> >
> > insert into users (name,pass) values ('peter','my_pass');
>
>Yes, thats not nice in postgresql. But there is a workaround.
>Put the 'default' fields at the end:
>
>---------------8<---------------------
>CREATE TEMP TABLE tempo (test bool, id serial);
>
>INSERT INTO tempo values (true);
>
>SELECT * from tempo;
>---------------8<---------------------
>
>  test | id
>------+----
>  t    |  1
>(1 row)
>
>Hope it helps.
>
>P.S.: I'd really like postgresql to behave like mysql in this context

Huh? Mysql doesn't like it either (at least in 3.23). Anyway, it's not
standard.

>P.S.S.: Perhaps also in the GROUP BY context :)

Can't comment on this one, have no idea what you're talking about.

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