X-Original-To: pgsql-docs-postgresql.org@postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 597C19FB2DC for ; Thu, 3 Aug 2006 21:37:05 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 81652-10 for ; Thu, 3 Aug 2006 21:37:00 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from linuxworld.com.au (unknown [203.34.46.50]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 193579FB205 for ; Thu, 3 Aug 2006 21:36:59 -0300 (ADT) Received: from linuxworld.com.au (IDENT:swm@localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by linuxworld.com.au (8.13.2/8.13.2) with ESMTP id k740ajrc016652; Fri, 4 Aug 2006 10:36:45 +1000 Received: from localhost (swm@localhost) by linuxworld.com.au (8.13.2/8.13.2/Submit) with ESMTP id k740ajdQ016649; Fri, 4 Aug 2006 10:36:45 +1000 Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 10:36:45 +1000 (EST) From: Gavin Sherry To: Joe Conway cc: Peter Eisentraut , pgsql-docs@postgresql.org, Tom Lane Subject: Re: Values list-of-targetlists patch for comments (was Re: In-Reply-To: <44D236F4.2010001@joeconway.com> Message-ID: References: <44B69778.5050104@dunslane.net> <18685.1154617090@sss.pgh.pa.us> <200608031911.48010.peter_e@gmx.net> <44D236F4.2010001@joeconway.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.047 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200608/25 X-Sequence-Number: 3643 On Thu, 3 Aug 2006, Joe Conway wrote: > Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > Tom Lane wrote: > > > >>Should we give VALUES its own reference page? That doesn't quite > >>seem helpful either. cc'ing to pgsql-docs for ideas. > > > > This is probably the sort of thing that should be explained part II "The > > SQL Language". In particular, section 7.2 is about table expressions, > > which this is either a case of or related to. > > > > A few examples on the command references pages to show how it can be > > useful are probably OK, but the big picture shoulbd be developed in > > chapter 7 or so. > > > > I'll need some time (perhaps a few weeks because I'm just starting to do > business travel again), but I'll take responsibility to write something > up if you'd like. I'm happy to finish what I started. Gavin