Doc: update queries.sgml for optional subquery aliases.
Commit bcedd8f5f made subquery aliases optional in the FROM clause. It missed updating this part of the docs, though.
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@ -588,8 +588,6 @@ SELECT * FROM my_table AS m WHERE my_table.a > 5; -- wrong
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<programlisting>
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SELECT * FROM people AS mother JOIN people AS child ON mother.id = child.mother_id;
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</programlisting>
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Additionally, an alias is required if the table reference is a
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subquery (see <xref linkend="queries-subqueries"/>).
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</para>
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<para>
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@ -639,9 +637,9 @@ SELECT a.* FROM (my_table AS a JOIN your_table AS b ON ...) AS c
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<para>
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Subqueries specifying a derived table must be enclosed in
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parentheses and <emphasis>must</emphasis> be assigned a table
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alias name (as in <xref linkend="queries-table-aliases"/>). For
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example:
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parentheses. They may be assigned a table alias name, and optionally
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column alias names (as in <xref linkend="queries-table-aliases"/>).
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For example:
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<programlisting>
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FROM (SELECT * FROM table1) AS alias_name
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</programlisting>
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@ -660,10 +658,18 @@ FROM (SELECT * FROM table1) AS alias_name
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FROM (VALUES ('anne', 'smith'), ('bob', 'jones'), ('joe', 'blow'))
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AS names(first, last)
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</programlisting>
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Again, a table alias is required. Assigning alias names to the columns
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Again, a table alias is optional. Assigning alias names to the columns
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of the <command>VALUES</command> list is optional, but is good practice.
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For more information see <xref linkend="queries-values"/>.
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</para>
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<para>
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According to the SQL standard, a table alias name must be supplied
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for a subquery. <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
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allows <literal>AS</literal> and the alias to be omitted, but
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writing one is good practice in SQL code that might be ported to
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another system.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3 id="queries-tablefunctions">
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