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<!--
-$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.199 2003/08/10 01:20:34 tgl Exp $
+$Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.200 2003/08/17 22:19:10 tgl Exp $
-->
<Chapter Id="runtime">
@@ -2396,6 +2396,14 @@ dynamic_library_path = '/usr/local/lib/postgresql:/home/my_project/lib:$libdir'
<indexterm><primary>missing from</></>
<listitem>
<para>
+ When <literal>true</>, tables that are referenced by a query will be
+ automatically added to the <literal>FROM</> clause if not already
+ present. The default is <literal>true</> for compatibility with
+ previous releases of <productname>PostgreSQL</>. However, this
+ behavior is not SQL-standard, and many people dislike it because it
+ can mask mistakes. Set to <literal>false</> for the SQL-standard
+ behavior of rejecting references to tables that are not listed in
+ <literal>FROM</>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>