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by eatonphil 1239 days ago
> not every engine implementing them is another story

Which don't? I'd have assumed anything inside of `SELECT`'s `FROM` would be allowed inside of `INSERT` and `UPDATE`.

Or maybe you're not saying you know there are implementations that have these restrictions just that any random implementation might not be there (yet).

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> Which don't?

Redshift (a PostgreSQL derivative, more or less) can run an INSERT with a join, but cannot do an UPDATE with a join.