Somebody forgot to include any actual documentation for ADD_MISSING_FROM.

tglsfdc · tglsfdc · commit c771838106a4 · 2003-08-17T22:19:15.000Z
diff --git 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
@@ -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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`10`	`10`	`* Written by Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>.`
`11`	`11`	`*`
`12`	`12`	`* IDENTIFICATION`
`13`		`- * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c,v 1.149 2003/08/11 23:04:49 tgl Exp $`
	`13`	`+ * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c,v 1.150 2003/08/17 22:19:15 tgl Exp $`
`14`	`14`	`*`
`15`	`15`	`*--------------------------------------------------------------------`
`16`	`16`	`*/`
`@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ static struct config_bool ConfigureNamesBool[] =`
`818`	`818`	`},`
`819`	`819`	`{`
`820`	`820`	`{"add_missing_from", PGC_USERSET, COMPAT_OPTIONS_PREVIOUS,`
`821`		`- gettext_noop("Add missing table references to from clauses"),`
	`821`	`+ gettext_noop("Add missing table references to FROM clauses"),`
`822`	`822`	`NULL`
`823`	`823`	`},`
`824`	`824`	`&add_missing_from,`