Vlad <marchenko@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Though question is - doesn't it seem logical to be able to use full > table names in FOR UPDATE part like I can use them in WHERE part (if I > don't need/want to use an alias)? Is it something postgresql speciffic > or it's SQL standard (pardon my ignorance)? The entire construct is Postgres-specific, so you can't really point to the spec and say it's wrong. I don't see any merit whatever in the "I shouldn't need to use an alias" argument. If you don't have unique aliases then you're going to have problems anyway. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(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