"John D. Burger" <john@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Arguably a tad inconsistent. I don't know what the OP's rationale was, > but I can imagine that allowing the syntax on INSERT might simplify the > generation of SQL in certain circumstances. There's also the Principle > of Least Surprise, etc. There's also something called the SQL standard, which forbids both of those syntaxes. regards, tom lane
