Re: [HACKERS] MERGE SQL Statement for PG11

On 3 February 2018 at 23:17, Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at 2:15 PM, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>>> I started looking at SQL Server's MERGE to verify that it also does
>>> not impose any restrictions on subselects in a MERGE UPDATE's
>>> targetlist, just like Oracle. Unsurprisingly, it does not. More
>>> surprisingly, I noticed that it also doesn't seem to impose
>>> restrictions on what can appear in WHEN ... AND quals.
>>
>> You earlier agreed that subselects were not part of the Standard.
>
> You know that I didn't say that, Simon.

I'm happy to quote your words.

"I've acknowledged that the standard has something to
say on this that supports your position, which has real weight."

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