Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-2.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E320B5DBF7 for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2011 13:04:17 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 70942-05 for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2011 16:04:11 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4875B5DBDA for ; Tue, 9 Aug 2011 13:04:10 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id p79G48Jg019431; Tue, 9 Aug 2011 12:04:08 -0400 (EDT) To: Nikolay cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Mysterious column "name" In-reply-to: <4E3AB1B2.5040704@gmail.com> References: <4E3AB1B2.5040704@gmail.com> Comments: In-reply-to Nikolay message dated "Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:50:26 +0300" Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:04:08 -0400 Message-ID: <19429.1312905848@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.712 tagged_above=-5 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9, RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.812 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201108/29 X-Sequence-Number: 35697 Nikolay writes: > select testtable.name from testtable; // returns strange result. See http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2010-10/msg00269.php This will change in 9.1: http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git&a=commitdiff&h=543d22fc7 regards, tom lane