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Subject: alias required by standard or PostgreSQL?
From: "Joost Kraaijeveld" <J.Kraaijeveld@Askesis.nl>
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Hi,

If I run the query 

"select * from (select * from table_name)" 

PostgreSQL complains with 

ERROR:  subquery in FROM must have an alias
HINT:  For example, FROM (SELECT ...) [AS] foo.

Is the alias required by the ISO standard or is this a PostgreSQL
requirement?

TIA

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Groeten,

Joost Kraaijeveld
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