More long term, if you read the link attached to the TODO item. There is
a question of how to cleanly implement it.
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Hanno Wiegard wrote:
> Good, but is the implementation of this feature a short-term goal or
> more long-term?
>
> Thanks,
> hanno
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Momjian [mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us]
> Sent: Montag, 16. September 2002 06:04
> To: Christopher Kings-Lynne
> Cc: Hanno Wiegard; pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [SQL] Table alias in DELETE statements
>
>
>
> TODO has:
>
> * Allow DELETE to handle table aliases for self-joins [delete]
>
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> ---
>
> Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> > On the several occasions I've tried using table aliases in delete
> > statements, it hasn't worked.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > On Fri, 13 Sep 2002, Hanno Wiegard wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I've already checked the mailing archive but found nothing about
> > > problems with the DELETE statement and table alias but it's not
> > > mentioned in the docs. So the question for me is whether it is
> possible
> > > to use a table alias in a DELETE statement or not, e.g.
> > > DELETE FROM foo f WHERE f.ID > 3000 (more complicated cases in
> reality
> > > and I really need the alias because the SQL is generated
> automaically
> > > by a tool)?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Hanno Wiegard
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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