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<date>1998-09-24</date>
</refsect2info>
<title>
+ <acronym>Extensions</acronym>
+ </title>
+
+ <para>
+<productname>Postgres</productname> allows one to omit
+the <command>FROM</command> clause from a query. This feature
+was retained from the original PostQuel query language:
+ <programlisting>
+SELECT distributors.* WHERE name = 'Westwood';
+
+ did|name
+ ---+----------------
+ 108|Westward
+ </programlisting>
+ </para>
+
+ <refsect2 id="R2-SQL-SELECT-5">
+ <refsect2info>
+ <date>1998-09-24</date>
+ </refsect2info>
+ <title>
<acronym>SQL92</acronym>
</title>
<para>