From c771838106a4fd9289580a93b24f27d6c67b7fc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 22:19:15 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Somebody forgot to include any actual documentation for
ADD_MISSING_FROM.
---
doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml | 10 +++++++++-
src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
index 6adfd85df0f..c3c42309b64 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.199 2003/08/10 01:20:34 tgl Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.200 2003/08/17 22:19:10 tgl Exp $
-->
<Chapter Id="runtime">
@@ -2396,6 +2396,14 @@ dynamic_library_path = '/usr/local/lib/postgresql:/home/my_project/lib:$libdir'
<indexterm><primary>missing from</></>
<listitem>
<para>
+ When <literal>true</>, tables that are referenced by a query will be
+ automatically added to the <literal>FROM</> clause if not already
+ present. The default is <literal>true</> for compatibility with
+ previous releases of <productname>PostgreSQL</>. However, this
+ behavior is not SQL-standard, and many people dislike it because it
+ can mask mistakes. Set to <literal>false</> for the SQL-standard
+ behavior of rejecting references to tables that are not listed in
+ <literal>FROM</>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c b/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c
index 2ff904510ca..c3c85354ca9 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
- * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c,v 1.149 2003/08/11 23:04:49 tgl Exp $
+ * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c,v 1.150 2003/08/17 22:19:15 tgl Exp $
*
*--------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ static struct config_bool ConfigureNamesBool[] =
},
{
{"add_missing_from", PGC_USERSET, COMPAT_OPTIONS_PREVIOUS,
- gettext_noop("Add missing table references to from clauses"),
+ gettext_noop("Add missing table references to FROM clauses"),
NULL
},
&add_missing_from,
--
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