"Phil Cairns" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I want to have the server do this: > If the query has no where clause, use a where clause of "where 1=0". > Is this possible? It's doubtless *possible*, but if you're asking for it to actually happen in any supported version of Postgres, the answer is no way. It's directly contrary to the SQL standard. > Why would I want to do this? Because a third party library (ArcGIS) has a > "feature" such that when a relation name is registered with it, it does a > "select * from <relation>" and then does nothing with the results. Tell the library authors to fix their broken code. This is blithering stupidity in *any* SQL database, not only Postgres. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
