doc: Clarify description of VALUES command

Greg Smith
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Peter Eisentraut 2013-06-06 21:03:04 -04:00
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@ -1609,7 +1609,16 @@ SELECT 3, 'three';
<literal>VALUES</> table. The column names are not specified by the <literal>VALUES</> table. The column names are not specified by the
SQL standard and different database systems do it differently, so SQL standard and different database systems do it differently, so
it's usually better to override the default names with a table alias it's usually better to override the default names with a table alias
list. list, like this:
<programlisting>
=> SELECT * FROM (VALUES (1, 'one'), (2, 'two'), (3, 'three')) AS t (num,letter);
num | letter
-----+--------
1 | one
2 | two
3 | three
(3 rows)
</programlisting>
</para> </para>
<para> <para>