2 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c
index 08a2f5f2035..4cbbc1c980c 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c,v 1.95 2001/05/19 00:33:20 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_expr.c,v 1.96 2001/05/21 18:42:08 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -585,7 +585,10 @@ transformIdent(ParseState *pstate, Ident *ident, int precedence)
 		Node	   *var = colnameToVar(pstate, ident->name);
 
 		if (var != NULL)
+		{
+			ident->isRel = FALSE;
 			result = transformIndirection(pstate, var, ident->indirection);
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (result == NULL)
diff --git a/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c b/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c
index 8f8ea4e168b..be48c899ddb 100644
--- a/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c
+++ b/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c,v 1.66 2001/03/22 03:59:41 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/parser/parse_target.c,v 1.67 2001/05/21 18:42:08 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ transformTargetEntry(ParseState *pstate,
 	if (expr == NULL)
 		expr = transformExpr(pstate, node, EXPR_COLUMN_FIRST);
 
+	if (IsA(expr, Ident) && ((Ident *)expr)->isRel)
+		elog(ERROR,"You can't use relation names alone in the target list, try relation.*.");	
+
 	type_id = exprType(expr);
 	type_mod = exprTypmod(expr);