Re: documentation for WITH RECURSIVE

Andreas Kretschmer <[email protected]> Tue, 19 Nov 2019 13:29:39 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.db.postgresql.devel.documentation
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Am 18.11.19 um 20:12 schrieb Andreas Kretschmer:
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> Am 18.11.19 um 18:32 schrieb Tom Lane:
>> Andreas Kretschmer <[email protected]> writes:
>>> One of our customers had problems with the syntax of WITH RECURSIVE. He
>>> suggested that the documentation should be improved, maybe with this
>>> sentence:
>>> "If any of the CTEs is recursive, the recursive keywork must be present
>>> after with", so to make sure that it does not refer to just one of the
>>> named subqueries.
>> Hm, was this intended for the SELECT man page (presumably in the
>> "WITH Clause" section), or for section 7.8?
>>
>

Hi Tom,

it would be good if we can also add this to chapter 7.8, wouldn't it?


Regards, Andreas

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