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Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 20:06:04 -0600
From: Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org>
To: Otto Blomqvist <o.blomqvist@secomintl.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Problems with Set Returning Functions (SRFs)
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On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 03:31:45PM -0700, Otto Blomqvist wrote:
> 
> Just curious, is this (x)-"trick"   in the postgres manual somewhere ? Just
> just common SQL guru knowledge ? ;)

I think the relevant documentation is "Field Selection" in the
"Value Expressions" section of the "SQL Syntax" chapter.

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/sql-expressions.html#AEN1642

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Michael Fuhr
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