On Sat, 2012-09-01 at 00:29 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> this is a spec-defined syntax so surely the SQL standard ought to tell
> us what to do. But I'm darned if I see anything in the standard that
> defines the actual *behavior* of a LATERAL query.
I have it another read and couldn't find anything either. As written,
LATERAL is effectively a noise word, AFAICT.