Hey, check it out:

postgres=> select case_tbl.*;
  i|    f
---+-----
 -3| 10.1
 -6| 20.2
 -9|-30.3
-12|
(4 rows)

Notes in the parser say this was allowed with POSTQUEL, so was retained
when implementing SQL...

Wed, 16 Dec 1998 01:39:33 +0000
"Thomas G. Lockhart" <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>
Old parser feature
> Hey, check it out:
> 
> postgres=> select case_tbl.*;
>   i|    f
> ---+-----
>  -3| 10.1
>  -6| 20.2
>  -9|-30.3
> -12|
> (4 rows)
> 
> Notes in the parser say this was allowed with POSTQUEL, so was retained
> when implementing SQL...

Yes, nice feature.  QUEL allowed:

	retrieve (case_tbl.all)

In fact, QUEL never had a FROM clause in the SQL sense.

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Tue, 15 Dec 1998 20:46:50 -0500 (EST)
Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
Re: [HACKERS] Old parser feature