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>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:

 >> I'm +1 for backpatching it. It may be operating as designed by
 >> PeterE ten years ago, but it's not operating as designed by the SQL
 >> standard.

 Tom> By that argument, *anyplace* where we're missing a SQL-spec
 Tom> feature is a back-patchable bug. I don't buy it.

But this is a feature we already claimed to actually support (it's
listed in sql_features with a bunch of unqualified YES entries), but in
fact doesn't work properly.

-- 
Andrew (irc:RhodiumToad)