From 405728f66976729b15dbc95bbbe3dfa147b5106f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Eisentraut Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:06:20 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add some minimal documentation that the SQL standard requires parentheses after ONLY. --- doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml | 15 ++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml index 0a19f894e7..ba14437764 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ @@ -1457,6 +1457,19 @@ SELECT distributors.* WHERE distributors.name = 'Westward'; + + <literal>ONLY</literal> and Parentheses + + + The SQL standard requires parentheses around the table name + after ONLY, as in SELECT * FROM ONLY + (tab1), ONLY (tab2) WHERE .... PostgreSQL supports that + as well, but the parentheses are optional. (This point applies + equally to all SQL commands supporting the ONLY + option.) + + + Namespace Available to <literal>GROUP BY</literal> and <literal>ORDER BY</literal>