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> On Jul 3, 2024, at 13:24, Kent Dorfman <kent.dorfman766@gmail.com> =
wrote:
> Is it SQL standard or postgres specific?

It's not in the SQL standard (at the bottom of each page for each SQL =
command is a note regarding its relationship with the SQL standard).  =
Other DBMS implement something similar, however.=