diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index ed7a0df7ca8c20a50f7b991313f639d73bda4878..0e4cae814129a3ce4f4639e25d97da3f2deb1ba0 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml,v 1.230 2009/10/03 23:10:47 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml,v 1.231 2009/10/21 20:22:38 tgl Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter Id="runtime-config">
   <title>Server Configuration</title>
@@ -4659,37 +4659,6 @@ dynamic_library_path = 'C:\tools\postgresql;H:\my_project\lib;$libdir'
 
      <variablelist>
 
-     <varlistentry id="guc-add-missing-from" xreflabel="add_missing_from">
-      <term><varname>add_missing_from</varname> (<type>boolean</type>)</term>
-      <indexterm><primary>FROM</><secondary>missing</></>
-      <indexterm>
-       <primary><varname>add_missing_from</> configuration parameter</primary>
-      </indexterm>
-      <listitem>
-       <para>
-        When on, tables that are referenced by a query will be
-        automatically added to the <literal>FROM</> clause if not
-        already present. This behavior does not comply with the SQL
-        standard and many people dislike it because it can mask mistakes
-        (such as referencing a table where you should have referenced
-        its alias). The default is <literal>off</>. This variable can be
-        enabled for compatibility with releases of
-        <productname>PostgreSQL</> prior to 8.1, where this behavior was
-        allowed by default.
-       </para>
-
-       <para>
-        Note that even when this variable is enabled, a warning
-        message will be emitted for each implicit <literal>FROM</>
-        entry referenced by a query. Users are encouraged to update
-        their applications to not rely on this behavior, by adding all
-        tables referenced by a query to the query's <literal>FROM</>
-        clause (or its <literal>USING</> clause in the case of
-        <command>DELETE</>).
-       </para>
-      </listitem>
-     </varlistentry>
-
      <varlistentry id="guc-array-nulls" xreflabel="array_nulls">
       <term><varname>array_nulls</varname> (<type>boolean</type>)</term>
       <indexterm>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml
index 21a3a8d1a6c1061586f54c2bac8eca0be425ddbf..479d9baf44844c40f779af397568bcf4be0f89fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml,v 1.55 2009/06/17 21:58:49 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml,v 1.56 2009/10/21 20:22:38 tgl Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="queries">
  <title>Queries</title>
@@ -521,23 +521,13 @@ SELECT * FROM some_very_long_table_name s JOIN another_fairly_long_name a ON s.i
     </para>
 
     <para>
-     The alias becomes the new name of the table reference for the
-     current query &mdash; it is no longer possible to refer to the table
-     by the original name.  Thus:
+     The alias becomes the new name of the table reference so far as the
+     current query is concerned &mdash; it is not allowed to refer to the
+     table by the original name elsewhere in the query.  Thus, this is not
+     valid:
 <programlisting>
-SELECT * FROM my_table AS m WHERE my_table.a &gt; 5;
+SELECT * FROM my_table AS m WHERE my_table.a &gt; 5;    -- wrong
 </programlisting>
-     is not valid according to the SQL standard.  In
-     <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> this will draw an error, assuming the
-     <xref linkend="guc-add-missing-from"> configuration variable is
-     <literal>off</> (as it is by default).  If it is <literal>on</>,
-     an implicit table reference will be added to the
-     <literal>FROM</literal> clause, so the query is processed as if
-     it were written as:
-<programlisting>
-SELECT * FROM my_table AS m, my_table AS my_table WHERE my_table.a &gt; 5;
-</programlisting>
-     That will result in a cross join, which is usually not what you want.
     </para>
 
     <para>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml
index 524c902048ac48166a1a7ef76fee2920d0799c7b..0c3e397805359628b18b3d0baabb7e76e6aeb6c8 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml,v 1.125 2009/09/18 05:00:42 petere Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml,v 1.126 2009/10/21 20:22:38 tgl Exp $
 PostgreSQL documentation
 -->
 
@@ -1451,12 +1451,7 @@ SELECT distributors.* WHERE distributors.name = 'Westward';
     <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> releases prior to
     8.1 would accept queries of this form, and add an implicit entry
     to the query's <literal>FROM</literal> clause for each table
-    referenced by the query. This is no longer the default behavior,
-    because it does not comply with the SQL standard, and is
-    considered by many to be error-prone. For compatibility with
-    applications that rely on this behavior the <xref
-    linkend="guc-add-missing-from"> configuration variable can be
-    enabled.
+    referenced by the query. This is no longer allowed.
    </para>
   </refsect2>
 
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/show.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/show.sgml
index d748b28ed15f55e474aa96bc4058f51c1ecb2ae2..a949c43b7e4ce3c3cd5c8d22886e0cf9773d28c0 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/show.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/show.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/show.sgml,v 1.47 2008/11/14 10:22:47 petere Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/show.sgml,v 1.48 2009/10/21 20:22:38 tgl Exp $
 PostgreSQL documentation
 -->
 
@@ -168,16 +168,15 @@ SHOW geqo;
    Show all settings:
 <programlisting>
 SHOW ALL;
-              name              |            setting             |                                         description                                          
---------------------------------+--------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- add_missing_from               | off                            | Automatically adds missing table references to FROM clauses.
- allow_system_table_mods        | off                            | Allows modifications of the structure of system tables.
+              name               |                     setting                     |                                                          description                                                          
+---------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ allow_system_table_mods         | off                                             | Allows modifications of the structure of system tables.
     .
     .
     .
- work_mem                       | 1024                           | Sets the maximum memory to be used for query workspaces.
- zero_damaged_pages             | off                            | Continues processing past damaged page headers.
-(146 rows)
+ xmloption                       | content                                         | Sets whether XML data in implicit parsing and serialization operations is to be considered as documents or content fragments.
+ zero_damaged_pages              | off                                             | Continues processing past damaged page headers.
+(196 rows)
 </programlisting>
   </para>
  </refsect1>
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c
index 3fccba1ab5aee531fc54b0c493a09994c968fbf3..c6f3abe7caaaac9a1969a7ba0ce0e83b002472c5 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c,v 1.244 2009/10/08 02:39:23 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c,v 1.245 2009/10/21 20:22:38 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -500,14 +500,13 @@ transformColumnRef(ParseState *pstate, ColumnRef *cref)
 				name2 = strVal(field2);
 
 				/* Try to identify as a once-qualified column */
-				node = qualifiedNameToVar(pstate, NULL, name1, name2, true,
+				node = qualifiedNameToVar(pstate, NULL, name1, name2,
 										  cref->location);
 				if (node == NULL)
 				{
 					/*
 					 * Not known as a column of any range-table entry, so try
-					 * it as a function call.  Here, we will create an
-					 * implicit RTE for tables not already entered.
+					 * it as a function call.
 					 */
 					node = transformWholeRowRef(pstate, NULL, name1,
 												cref->location);
@@ -545,7 +544,7 @@ transformColumnRef(ParseState *pstate, ColumnRef *cref)
 				name3 = strVal(field3);
 
 				/* Try to identify as a twice-qualified column */
-				node = qualifiedNameToVar(pstate, name1, name2, name3, true,
+				node = qualifiedNameToVar(pstate, name1, name2, name3,
 										  cref->location);
 				if (node == NULL)
 				{
@@ -600,7 +599,7 @@ transformColumnRef(ParseState *pstate, ColumnRef *cref)
 				name4 = strVal(field4);
 
 				/* Try to identify as a twice-qualified column */
-				node = qualifiedNameToVar(pstate, name2, name3, name4, true,
+				node = qualifiedNameToVar(pstate, name2, name3, name4,
 										  cref->location);
 				if (node == NULL)
 				{
@@ -1906,14 +1905,14 @@ transformWholeRowRef(ParseState *pstate, char *schemaname, char *relname,
 	int			sublevels_up;
 	Oid			toid;
 
-	/* Look up the referenced RTE, creating it if needed */
+	/* Look up the referenced RTE, failing if not present */
 
 	rte = refnameRangeTblEntry(pstate, schemaname, relname, location,
 							   &sublevels_up);
 
 	if (rte == NULL)
-		rte = addImplicitRTE(pstate,
-							 makeRangeVar(schemaname, relname, location));
+		errorMissingRTE(pstate,
+						makeRangeVar(schemaname, relname, location));
 
 	vnum = RTERangeTablePosn(pstate, rte, &sublevels_up);
 
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_relation.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_relation.c
index b0fb0b6ae03d9e93d83c644fd623b51b92b6b46e..4a0a50504bbae5f95f24714f65e46dce51d9ccb1 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_relation.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_relation.c,v 1.143 2009/07/16 06:33:43 petere Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_relation.c,v 1.144 2009/10/21 20:22:38 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@
 #include "utils/syscache.h"
 
 
-/* GUC parameter */
-bool		add_missing_from;
-
 static RangeTblEntry *scanNameSpaceForRefname(ParseState *pstate,
 						const char *refname, int location);
 static RangeTblEntry *scanNameSpaceForRelid(ParseState *pstate, Oid relid,
@@ -51,7 +48,6 @@ static void expandTupleDesc(TupleDesc tupdesc, Alias *eref,
 				int location, bool include_dropped,
 				List **colnames, List **colvars);
 static int	specialAttNum(const char *attname);
-static void warnAutoRange(ParseState *pstate, RangeVar *relation);
 
 
 /*
@@ -249,7 +245,7 @@ isFutureCTE(ParseState *pstate, const char *refname)
  * visible in the p_relnamespace lists.  This behavior is invalid per the SQL
  * spec, and it may give ambiguous results (there might be multiple equally
  * valid matches, but only one will be returned).  This must be used ONLY
- * as a heuristic in giving suitable error messages.  See warnAutoRange.
+ * as a heuristic in giving suitable error messages.  See errorMissingRTE.
  *
  * Notice that we consider both matches on actual relation (or CTE) name
  * and matches on alias.
@@ -573,7 +569,6 @@ qualifiedNameToVar(ParseState *pstate,
 				   char *schemaname,
 				   char *refname,
 				   char *colname,
-				   bool implicitRTEOK,
 				   int location)
 {
 	RangeTblEntry *rte;
@@ -581,14 +576,8 @@ qualifiedNameToVar(ParseState *pstate,
 
 	rte = refnameRangeTblEntry(pstate, schemaname, refname, location,
 							   &sublevels_up);
-
 	if (rte == NULL)
-	{
-		if (!implicitRTEOK)
-			return NULL;
-		rte = addImplicitRTE(pstate,
-							 makeRangeVar(schemaname, refname, location));
-	}
+		return NULL;
 
 	return scanRTEForColumn(pstate, rte, colname, location);
 }
@@ -1527,42 +1516,6 @@ addRTEtoQuery(ParseState *pstate, RangeTblEntry *rte,
 		pstate->p_varnamespace = lappend(pstate->p_varnamespace, rte);
 }
 
-/*
- * Add a POSTQUEL-style implicit RTE.
- *
- * We assume caller has already checked that there is no RTE or join with
- * a conflicting name.
- */
-RangeTblEntry *
-addImplicitRTE(ParseState *pstate, RangeVar *relation)
-{
-	CommonTableExpr *cte = NULL;
-	Index		levelsup = 0;
-	RangeTblEntry *rte;
-
-	/* issue warning or error as needed */
-	warnAutoRange(pstate, relation);
-
-	/* if it is an unqualified name, it might be a CTE reference */
-	if (!relation->schemaname)
-		cte = scanNameSpaceForCTE(pstate, relation->relname, &levelsup);
-
-	/*
-	 * Note that we set inFromCl true, so that the RTE will be listed
-	 * explicitly if the parsetree is ever decompiled by ruleutils.c. This
-	 * provides a migration path for views/rules that were originally written
-	 * with implicit-RTE syntax.
-	 */
-	if (cte)
-		rte = addRangeTableEntryForCTE(pstate, cte, levelsup, NULL, true);
-	else
-		rte = addRangeTableEntry(pstate, relation, NULL, false, true);
-	/* Add to joinlist and relnamespace, but not varnamespace */
-	addRTEtoQuery(pstate, rte, true, true, false);
-
-	return rte;
-}
-
 /*
  * expandRTE -- expand the columns of a rangetable entry
  *
@@ -2417,13 +2370,13 @@ attnumTypeId(Relation rd, int attid)
 }
 
 /*
- * Generate a warning or error about an implicit RTE, if appropriate.
+ * Generate a suitable error about a missing RTE.
  *
- * If ADD_MISSING_FROM is not enabled, raise an error. Otherwise, emit
- * a warning.
+ * Since this is a very common type of error, we work rather hard to
+ * produce a helpful message.
  */
-static void
-warnAutoRange(ParseState *pstate, RangeVar *relation)
+void
+errorMissingRTE(ParseState *pstate, RangeVar *relation)
 {
 	RangeTblEntry *rte;
 	int			sublevels_up;
@@ -2431,7 +2384,7 @@ warnAutoRange(ParseState *pstate, RangeVar *relation)
 
 	/*
 	 * Check to see if there are any potential matches in the query's
-	 * rangetable.	This affects the message we provide.
+	 * rangetable.
 	 */
 	rte = searchRangeTable(pstate, relation);
 
@@ -2452,39 +2405,21 @@ warnAutoRange(ParseState *pstate, RangeVar *relation)
 							 &sublevels_up) == rte)
 		badAlias = rte->eref->aliasname;
 
-	if (!add_missing_from)
-	{
-		if (rte)
-			ereport(ERROR,
-					(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
-			errmsg("invalid reference to FROM-clause entry for table \"%s\"",
-				   relation->relname),
-					 (badAlias ?
-			errhint("Perhaps you meant to reference the table alias \"%s\".",
-					badAlias) :
-					  errhint("There is an entry for table \"%s\", but it cannot be referenced from this part of the query.",
-							  rte->eref->aliasname)),
-					 parser_errposition(pstate, relation->location)));
-		else
-			ereport(ERROR,
-					(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
-					 errmsg("missing FROM-clause entry for table \"%s\"",
-							relation->relname),
-					 parser_errposition(pstate, relation->location)));
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		/* just issue a warning */
-		ereport(NOTICE,
+	if (rte)
+		ereport(ERROR,
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
-				 errmsg("adding missing FROM-clause entry for table \"%s\"",
+				 errmsg("invalid reference to FROM-clause entry for table \"%s\"",
 						relation->relname),
 				 (badAlias ?
-			errhint("Perhaps you meant to reference the table alias \"%s\".",
-					badAlias) :
-				  (rte ?
-				   errhint("There is an entry for table \"%s\", but it cannot be referenced from this part of the query.",
-						   rte->eref->aliasname) : 0)),
+				  errhint("Perhaps you meant to reference the table alias \"%s\".",
+						  badAlias) :
+				  errhint("There is an entry for table \"%s\", but it cannot be referenced from this part of the query.",
+						  rte->eref->aliasname)),
+				 parser_errposition(pstate, relation->location)));
+	else
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+				 errmsg("missing FROM-clause entry for table \"%s\"",
+						relation->relname),
 				 parser_errposition(pstate, relation->location)));
-	}
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c
index 1635c74ae1da7d93a4a62c713c9a2194a9b6efe8..3aff83955b8ffca19dd80de947314b03d8e77d58 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c,v 1.172 2009/07/16 06:33:43 petere Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c,v 1.173 2009/10/21 20:22:38 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -927,9 +927,8 @@ ExpandColumnRefStar(ParseState *pstate, ColumnRef *cref,
 		rte = refnameRangeTblEntry(pstate, schemaname, relname, cref->location,
 								   &sublevels_up);
 		if (rte == NULL)
-			rte = addImplicitRTE(pstate,
-								 makeRangeVar(schemaname, relname,
-											  cref->location));
+			errorMissingRTE(pstate,
+							makeRangeVar(schemaname, relname, cref->location));
 
 		rtindex = RTERangeTablePosn(pstate, rte, &sublevels_up);
 
@@ -973,8 +972,7 @@ ExpandColumnRefStar(ParseState *pstate, ColumnRef *cref,
  *
  * tlist entries are generated for each relation appearing in the query's
  * varnamespace.  We do not consider relnamespace because that would include
- * input tables of aliasless JOINs, NEW/OLD pseudo-entries, implicit RTEs,
- * etc.
+ * input tables of aliasless JOINs, NEW/OLD pseudo-entries, etc.
  *
  * The referenced relations/columns are marked as requiring SELECT access.
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
index 8de4e55cad6f4dfef8d3e4ca70ad6b5fbfeab367..4cc88225583f8b34767858d5002105c87541f24b 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * Written by Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>.
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c,v 1.521 2009/10/13 14:18:40 alvherre Exp $
+ *	  $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c,v 1.522 2009/10/21 20:22:38 tgl Exp $
  *
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 #include "optimizer/paths.h"
 #include "optimizer/planmain.h"
 #include "parser/parse_expr.h"
-#include "parser/parse_relation.h"
 #include "parser/parse_type.h"
 #include "parser/parser.h"
 #include "parser/scansup.h"
@@ -1057,14 +1056,6 @@ static struct config_bool ConfigureNamesBool[] =
 		&XactReadOnly,
 		false, assign_transaction_read_only, NULL
 	},
-	{
-		{"add_missing_from", PGC_USERSET, COMPAT_OPTIONS_PREVIOUS,
-			gettext_noop("Automatically adds missing table references to FROM clauses."),
-			NULL
-		},
-		&add_missing_from,
-		false, NULL, NULL
-	},
 	{
 		{"check_function_bodies", PGC_USERSET, CLIENT_CONN_STATEMENT,
 			gettext_noop("Check function bodies during CREATE FUNCTION."),
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
index d6cf7e21c732ede9b2cb42c3f29cc5b4ab929cd6..ce853a74819ac5d3c3835eda34d2198acd8a7843 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
+++ b/src/backend/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample
@@ -484,7 +484,6 @@
 
 # - Previous PostgreSQL Versions -
 
-#add_missing_from = off
 #array_nulls = on
 #backslash_quote = safe_encoding	# on, off, or safe_encoding
 #default_with_oids = off
diff --git a/src/include/parser/parse_node.h b/src/include/parser/parse_node.h
index b653caeeb32e9fa2f6a3153cfa9b13e6a8166469..110ca3fc4a31dd07868432e9df5295312a491cb6 100644
--- a/src/include/parser/parse_node.h
+++ b/src/include/parser/parse_node.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2009, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/parser/parse_node.h,v 1.63 2009/09/09 03:32:52 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/parser/parse_node.h,v 1.64 2009/10/21 20:22:38 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -50,9 +50,8 @@
  * This is different from p_relnamespace because a JOIN without an alias does
  * not hide the contained tables (so they must still be in p_relnamespace)
  * but it does hide their columns (unqualified references to the columns must
- * refer to the JOIN, not the member tables).  Also, we put POSTQUEL-style
- * implicit RTEs into p_relnamespace but not p_varnamespace, so that they
- * do not affect the set of columns available for unqualified references.
+ * refer to the JOIN, not the member tables).  Other special RTEs such as
+ * NEW/OLD for rules may also appear in just one of these lists.
  *
  * p_ctenamespace: list of CommonTableExprs (WITH items) that are visible
  * at the moment.  This is different from p_relnamespace because you have
diff --git a/src/include/parser/parse_relation.h b/src/include/parser/parse_relation.h
index ec0fb09d6059eefc17e692e9dc38cf830b4428d2..69a914376c7f21d5f2b9653554b73667d82369f4 100644
--- a/src/include/parser/parse_relation.h
+++ b/src/include/parser/parse_relation.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2009, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
  * Portions Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/parser/parse_relation.h,v 1.64 2009/06/11 14:49:11 momjian Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/include/parser/parse_relation.h,v 1.65 2009/10/21 20:22:38 tgl Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 
 #include "parser/parse_node.h"
 
-extern bool add_missing_from;
-
 extern RangeTblEntry *refnameRangeTblEntry(ParseState *pstate,
 					 const char *schemaname,
 					 const char *refname,
@@ -44,7 +42,6 @@ extern Node *qualifiedNameToVar(ParseState *pstate,
 				   char *schemaname,
 				   char *refname,
 				   char *colname,
-				   bool implicitRTEOK,
 				   int location);
 extern void markVarForSelectPriv(ParseState *pstate, Var *var,
 					 RangeTblEntry *rte);
@@ -87,7 +84,7 @@ extern RangeTblEntry *addRangeTableEntryForCTE(ParseState *pstate,
 extern void addRTEtoQuery(ParseState *pstate, RangeTblEntry *rte,
 			  bool addToJoinList,
 			  bool addToRelNameSpace, bool addToVarNameSpace);
-extern RangeTblEntry *addImplicitRTE(ParseState *pstate, RangeVar *relation);
+extern void errorMissingRTE(ParseState *pstate, RangeVar *relation);
 extern void expandRTE(RangeTblEntry *rte, int rtindex, int sublevels_up,
 		  int location, bool include_dropped,
 		  List **colnames, List **colvars);
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/delete.out b/src/test/regress/expected/delete.out
index 7fc028cfedc5bd2785f035a425e95b535dccd025..604d067f228f0941f58775e4d59c5bfc0b5fbf47 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/delete.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/delete.out
@@ -11,14 +11,11 @@ INSERT INTO delete_test (a) VALUES (100);
 DELETE FROM delete_test AS dt WHERE dt.a > 75;
 -- if an alias is specified, don't allow the original table name
 -- to be referenced
-BEGIN;
-SET LOCAL add_missing_from = false;
 DELETE FROM delete_test dt WHERE delete_test.a > 25;
 ERROR:  invalid reference to FROM-clause entry for table "delete_test"
 LINE 1: DELETE FROM delete_test dt WHERE delete_test.a > 25;
                                          ^
 HINT:  Perhaps you meant to reference the table alias "dt".
-ROLLBACK;
 SELECT * FROM delete_test;
  id | a  
 ----+----
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rowtypes.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rowtypes.out
index e1181a61b8327475e0602a56fc31e8c81e8d32ed..ee392909302c778219c5909467a03ffb578c8ef4 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rowtypes.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rowtypes.out
@@ -63,13 +63,10 @@ select * from quadtable;
   2 | ("(,4.4)","(5.5,6.6)")
 (2 rows)
 
-begin;
-set local add_missing_from = false;
 select f1, q.c1 from quadtable;		-- fails, q is a table reference
 ERROR:  missing FROM-clause entry for table "q"
 LINE 1: select f1, q.c1 from quadtable;
                    ^
-rollback;
 select f1, (q).c1, (qq.q).c1.i from quadtable qq;
  f1 |    c1     |  i  
 ----+-----------+-----
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/update.out b/src/test/regress/expected/update.out
index 33d52a55a0921e18091e3a2ee85848c9d1006fec..02aeccc7356daaea653e61268d313ff8f3dc1782 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/update.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/update.out
@@ -82,12 +82,9 @@ LINE 1: UPDATE update_test SET (a,b) = (select a,b FROM update_test ...
                                         ^
 -- if an alias for the target table is specified, don't allow references
 -- to the original table name
-BEGIN;
-SET LOCAL add_missing_from = false;
 UPDATE update_test AS t SET b = update_test.b + 10 WHERE t.a = 10;
 ERROR:  invalid reference to FROM-clause entry for table "update_test"
 LINE 1: UPDATE update_test AS t SET b = update_test.b + 10 WHERE t.a...
                                         ^
 HINT:  Perhaps you meant to reference the table alias "t".
-ROLLBACK;
 DROP TABLE update_test;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/delete.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/delete.sql
index 86cabfcf6489aa74bc2da514d60b81e925727768..6b870bbbd5385cb1b4625e4c8b9447d0392aa1d7 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/delete.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/delete.sql
@@ -12,11 +12,8 @@ DELETE FROM delete_test AS dt WHERE dt.a > 75;
 
 -- if an alias is specified, don't allow the original table name
 -- to be referenced
-BEGIN;
-SET LOCAL add_missing_from = false;
 DELETE FROM delete_test dt WHERE delete_test.a > 25;
-ROLLBACK;
 
 SELECT * FROM delete_test;
 
-DROP TABLE delete_test;
\ No newline at end of file
+DROP TABLE delete_test;
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/rowtypes.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/rowtypes.sql
index a8520c5bd2c1ae40c8ca71753986b95f892b36b0..51c66f0d04f5d532f8455a7d357f7a0c3c17fe34 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/rowtypes.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/rowtypes.sql
@@ -35,10 +35,7 @@ insert into quadtable values (2, ((null,4.4),(5.5,6.6)));
 
 select * from quadtable;
 
-begin;
-set local add_missing_from = false;
 select f1, q.c1 from quadtable;		-- fails, q is a table reference
-rollback;
 
 select f1, (q).c1, (qq.q).c1.i from quadtable qq;
 
diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/update.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/update.sql
index 2df2995810868643f0433bbd44cada2243408eee..b378d584a4af63c723267352de728f2a22e1c659 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/update.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/update.sql
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ UPDATE update_test SET (a,b) = (select a,b FROM update_test where c = 'foo')
 
 -- if an alias for the target table is specified, don't allow references
 -- to the original table name
-BEGIN;
-SET LOCAL add_missing_from = false;
 UPDATE update_test AS t SET b = update_test.b + 10 WHERE t.a = 10;
-ROLLBACK;
 
 DROP TABLE update_test;