On ons, 2010-12-22 at 20:44 +0200, Marko Tiikkaja wrote:
> On 2010-12-22 8:28 PM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > As a side note, I think the term "writable CTE" is a misnomer. The CTE
> > is not writable. The CTE is the result of a write operation.
> >
> > A writable CTE would look like this:
> >
> > WITH foo AS (SELECT ...) UPDATE foo SET ...
> >
> > a bit like an updatable view.
> >
> > AFAICT, the current patch doesn't use the term, so there is no problem,
> > but just for those who are preparing propaganda and such.
>
> I think I've used "DML WITH" in the patch, but I don't like that either.
> Naming this feature seems to be quite a challenge.
*Writing* CTEs is more accurate.