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authorPeter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>2010-10-14 20:07:13 +0300
committerPeter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>2010-10-14 23:16:46 +0300
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parent7085891784784fda7314c0510da901fc8402380a (diff)
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Document (compositeval).* field selection syntax
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@@ -1448,6 +1448,15 @@ $1.somecolumn
or that <structname>mytable</> is a table name not a schema name
in the second case.
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ In a select list (see <xref linkend="queries-select-lists">), you
+ can ask for all fields of a composite value by
+ writing <literal>.*</literal>:
+<programlisting>
+(compositecol).*
+</programlisting>
+ </para>
</sect2>
<sect2>