Michael Ansley <Michael.Ansley@intec-telecom-systems.com> writes:
> I thought that the discussion on this topic resolved that the AS syntax
> would work as I described, and the INTO syntax would be removed because of
> ambiguity, to be redeveloped at a later date?
INTO has indeed been removed. However, AS does not do what you seem
to think it does; in fact, it is entirely a noise clause in this
context.
regards, tom lane