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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml | 8 |
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml index 4c8b6f1e73d..ec3bb2bd457 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml @@ -282,6 +282,14 @@ TABLE [ ONLY ] <replaceable class="parameter">table_name</replaceable> [ * ] </para> <para> + When there are multiple queries in the <literal>WITH</literal> + clause, <literal>RECURSIVE</literal> should be written only once, + immediately after <literal>WITH</literal>. It applies to all queries + in the <literal>WITH</literal> clause, though it has no effect on + queries that do not use recursion or forward references. + </para> + + <para> The primary query and the <literal>WITH</literal> queries are all (notionally) executed at the same time. This implies that the effects of a data-modifying statement in <literal>WITH</literal> cannot be seen from |