Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Ukl6a-0004vq-Gt for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2013 01:04:36 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Ukl6a-0007i3-1h for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2013 01:04:36 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1Ukl6Z-0007hy-Hf for pgsql-docs@postgresql.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2013 01:04:35 +0000 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.22]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Ukl6V-0007WK-G7 for pgsql-docs@postgresql.org; Fri, 07 Jun 2013 01:04:34 +0000 Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([10.1.76.33]) by mrigmx.server.lan (mrigmx001) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0Lkmks-1UCnnO1TL2-00aSTh for ; Fri, 07 Jun 2013 03:04:30 +0200 Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 07 Jun 2013 01:04:30 -0000 Received: from pool-108-2-72-47.phlapa.fios.verizon.net (EHLO [192.168.1.8]) [108.2.72.47] by mail.gmx.net (mp033) with SMTP; 07 Jun 2013 03:04:30 +0200 X-Authenticated: #495269 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1/ie008lUTiw33ILmylLy5znCisjRhcMcS4OmZ2Tp 0pIJOzX9u8t9BS Message-ID: <1370567067.1218.2.camel@vanquo.pezone.net> Subject: Re: VALUES lists aliases From: Peter Eisentraut To: Greg Smith Cc: pgsql-docs Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 21:04:27 -0400 In-Reply-To: <519B9E41.4080509@2ndQuadrant.com> References: <519B9E41.4080509@2ndQuadrant.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.4.4-3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-Pg-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-docs Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-docs-owner@postgresql.org On Tue, 2013-05-21 at 12:18 -0400, Greg Smith wrote: > Next from the stream of doc comments, someone points out that if you > read http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/queries-values.html a > beginner may not understand just what " table alias list" means. If you > start at the beginning of the chapter it makes more sense, but it isn't > necessarily obvious even then. > > Easiest fix is to demonstrate this by example, so that's what the > attached patch adds. There was an example of this approach in the full > documentation of VALUES already, but I felt that one was too complicated > for a tutorial section. committed -- Sent via pgsql-docs mailing list (pgsql-docs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-docs