Re: [HACKERS] Old parser feature

> Hey, check it out:
> 
> postgres=> select case_tbl.*;
>   i|    f
> ---+-----
>  -3| 10.1
>  -6| 20.2
>  -9|-30.3
> -12|
> (4 rows)
> 
> Notes in the parser say this was allowed with POSTQUEL, so was retained
> when implementing SQL...

Yes, nice feature.  QUEL allowed:
retrieve (case_tbl.all)

In fact, QUEL never had a FROM clause in the SQL sense.

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