Tom Lane wrote:
> For the VALUES case, the suggestion of "row" and "column" terminology
> seems the right thing, but for UNION it would be better to use "branch"
> perhaps ("row" certainly seems misleading). How can we make that work
> without indulging in untranslatable keyword-insertion?
>
> Another possibility is "alternative" and "column", which seems like it
> applies more or less equally poorly to both cases.
Maybe it would be good to have distinctive terminology if at all
possible, as it will be clearer for both cases.
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