Added to TODO:
* Allow UPDATE to use SET col = DEFAULT
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Rod Taylor wrote:
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> I'll look into it...
>
> On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 20:14, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> > > <set clause list> (the list of SET expressions in an UPDATE statement;
> > > section 14.12) allows a <contextually typed value specification> on the
> > > right-hand side of SET assignments. One of the possibilities for a
> > > <contextually typed value specification> is DEFAULT (section 6.5).
> > >
> > > In other words, this syntax should be legal:
> > >
> > > UPDATE sometable SET somecolumn = DEFAULT;
> > >
> > > but it doesn't appear to be implemented as of CVS tip.
> >
> > Hmmm...I ran into a situation where I wanted that just the other day.
> > INSERT INTO...SELECT FROM kind of thing...
> >
> > Chris
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