Re: using schema-qualified names in INSERTs

"John D. Burger" <john@mitre.org> 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