yes, we actually use table alias as a workaround, I thought that it's actually looks like error in postgresql parser (or deeper) that needs to be reported. thanks. On 9/6/05, Matt Miller <mattm@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 2005-09-06 at 13:45 -0400, Vlad wrote: > > SELECT * FROM one.aa, two.bb WHERE one.aa.a = two.bb.b FOR UPDATE OF > > one.aa; > > > > ERROR: syntax error at or near "." at character 73 (points to the > > last instance of "one.aa" in SQL query > > Try using a table alias, and reference that alias in the "for update of" > clause. > -- Vlad ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match