pinker wrote: > I would like to ask what's the reason of change SELECT behaviour. > In distributions below 9.4 SELECT without any parameters caused a syntax > error and now gives empty set. Was it made for some bigger aim ? :) > > for instance 8.4: > postgres=# select version(); > version > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > PostgreSQL 8.4.17 on i486-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc-4.4.real > (Debian 4.4.5-8) 4.4.5, 32-bit > (1 wiersz) > > postgres=# select > postgres-# ; > ERROR: syntax error at or near ";" > LINIA 2: ; > > > and 9.4: > psql (9.4.4) > Type "help" for help. > > postgres=# select > postgres-# ; > -- > (1 row) That must be this change: http://www.postgresql.org/message-id/E1Vs0Qu-0004bC-6E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The explanation is in the commit message. Yours, Laurenz Albe -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general