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From: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: lynch@lscorp.com
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgreSQL.org
Subject: Re: [SQL] SQL Bug?
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 22:13:47 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <199806260213.WAA15851@candle.pha.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <v02140b6fb1b868483098@[207.152.64.133]>

> 
> I'm far from an SQL expert, but...
> 
> select field1 from table1 where table2.field2 = table1.field3;
> 
> This query, which uses tables in the where clause that aren't in the list
> of tables, actually does what one would sorta expect in PostgreSQL, but
> isn't it a bug for it to do that?...
> 
> Not that I mind, since it's what I accidentally coded anyways.

It is a feature we have not removed.

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