Eric Ridge <eebbrr@gmail.com> writes:
> My original thought, that I probably didn't explain too clearly, was
> to make the "EXCLUDING (...)" bit a modifier to the A_Star node. The
> idea being that you could write "* EXCLUDING (...)" anywhere you can
> currently write "*".
I can think of a number of places where you can write "*" where I'm
pretty sure we *don't* want this. It should be restricted to top-level
entries in SELECT targetlists, IMO.
regards, tom lane