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From: David G. Johnston <[email protected]>
To: Suraj Kharage <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add support for INSERT ... SET syntax
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 07:38:27 -0700
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On Monday, March 30, 2026, Suraj Kharage <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
> I would like to propose adding support for an alternative INSERT syntax
> that uses named column assignments via a SET clause. This provides a more
> convenient and readable way to write inserts, particularly when only
> specific columns need values.
>

-1 for inventing our own full variant of insert command syntax.

David J.


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