Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1wY2W2-0001o1-1U for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:05:46 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1wY2W1-000YBc-1P for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:05:45 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1wXyfN-001fcP-0M for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:59:09 +0000 Received: from mahout.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::227]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.98.2) (envelope-from ) id 1wXyfK-00000002hka-09Yx for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:59:08 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=postgresql.org; s=20171124; h=Message-ID:Date:Reply-To:Cc:From:To:Subject: Content-Transfer-Encoding:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Sender:Content-ID: Content-Description:In-Reply-To:References; bh=UH/CN1Fs79YpYlInBNeMAjv9yXsJ+EwLfCa5QP+MUW8=; b=qeG0S0dw0pZGfnpr0nhceU5c5J 2sp/fnOmug7dsa31oaGJDEO4WhLT2vg3taQkRoefPEoIMkS2w7EtbquVtHmqIf0KapQCfZvRYoj2x V2DFEsE6XwB8/5LeZKBbmdW7r0+qO2n+/AyPOXUpqSr7gMpuFLNwH/NeVO1fCYEFun1bGIdOMvhRl EhCdB9CLmo5kwCNLLC6me8MjY3roxqFJus5rrx20S/CKr81RbqGeR0UQ+iHeMM37nYZ2shKrUYORP MPlcdYPewvQW+9i2GlY5BK2pCKopvMhRj+NlShNx6nhmn/hLQE6hw+i6tkKgO+aU8TfmY3Zx2qmzL l2faXAQg==; Received: from wrigleys.postgresql.org ([2a02:16a8:dc51::60]) by mahout.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1wXyfI-007Yaf-1Q for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:59:04 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=wrigleys.postgresql.org) by wrigleys.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1wXyfH-00GaDY-1L for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:59:03 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: 7.2.1. The FROM Clause To: pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org From: PG Doc comments form Cc: jochen.bandhauer@gmx.net Reply-To: jochen.bandhauer@gmx.net, pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:58:36 +0000 Message-ID: <178125831604.1285960.8250607197280951685@wrigleys.postgresql.org> X-Auto-Response-Suppress: All Auto-Submitted: auto-generated List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/queries-table-expressions.html Description: I have a question regarding: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/queries-table-expressions.html#QUER= IES-FROM Is the following sentence from the docu correct? "Instead of writing ONLY before the table name, you can write * after the table name to explicitly specify that descendant tables are included." I read it like you can use "* after the table name" instead of "ONLY before the table name" which seems wrong. Thanks Jochen