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From: Laurenz Albe <[email protected]>
To: Joel Jacobson <[email protected]>
To: pgsql-hackers <[email protected]>
Cc: Arne Roland <[email protected]>
Cc: Anders Granlund <[email protected]>
Cc: Andreas Karlsson <[email protected]>
Cc: Vik Fearing <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Key joins
Date: Fri, 29 May 2026 18:20:19 +0200
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On Fri, 2026-05-29 at 15:21 +0200, Joel Jacobson wrote:
> In the spirit of looking more like SQL, how about replacing the
> > arrows with FROM and TO?
> 
> We actually originally considered TO and FROM as keywords for indicating
> direction, but FROM in a join clause causes confusion with the FROM
> clause itself.  Our user discussions over the last three years indicates
> that arrows are clearer and less ambiguous.
> 
> It's also worth to mention that SQL/PGQ also uses ASCII arrows to
> indicate direction for its graph pattern syntax.

I understand the problem with FROM, and I have no objection to the
arrows.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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