Correct error in grammar for subselect-in-FROM: SQL spec does not allow

omission of alias_clause for a subselect.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/src/backend/parser/gram.y b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
index a422bf705ac..93aa912f45b 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/gram.y
+++ b/src/backend/parser/gram.y
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/gram.y,v 2.191 2000/09/19 18:17:55 petere Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/gram.y,v 2.192 2000/09/25 18:38:39 tgl Exp $
  *
  * HISTORY
  *	  AUTHOR			DATE			MAJOR EVENT
@@ -3751,6 +3751,10 @@ from_list:  from_list ',' table_ref				{ $$ = lappend($1, $3); }
  * between table_ref := '(' joined_table ')' alias_clause
  * and joined_table := '(' joined_table ')'.  So, we must have the
  * redundant-looking productions here instead.
+ *
+ * Note that the SQL spec does not permit a subselect (<derived_table>)
+ * without an alias clause, so we don't either.  This avoids the problem
+ * of needing to invent a refname for an unlabeled subselect.
  */
 table_ref:  relation_expr
 				{
@@ -3761,13 +3765,6 @@ table_ref:  relation_expr
 					$1->name = $2;
 					$$ = (Node *) $1;
 				}
-		| '(' select_clause ')'
-				{
-					RangeSubselect *n = makeNode(RangeSubselect);
-					n->subquery = $2;
-					n->name = NULL;
-					$$ = (Node *) n;
-				}
 		| '(' select_clause ')' alias_clause
 				{
 					RangeSubselect *n = makeNode(RangeSubselect);