Re: Values list-of-targetlists patch for comments (was Re: [PATCHES]

Tom Lane wrote:
> Wrong question.  SELECT (for the general case of multi-row results)
> and VALUES are exactly parallel in the SQL grammar; the right
> question is "according to what theory are you allowed to issue a
> general SELECT?"

The "top-level" SELECT for interactive use is

<direct SQL statement> ::= <directly executable statement> <semicolon>

<directly executable statement> ::= <direct SQL data statement> | ...

<direct SQL data statement> ::= <direct select statement: multiple rows> | ...

But this actually does resolve as just VALUES (something), so nevermind.

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Peter Eisentraut
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