From 80ada4c0dbc877d494f7c8886fdaebda0fbbe0bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:07:13 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Document (compositeval).* field selection syntax

---
 doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml
index 008706e26a..e8e0da96b9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml
@@ -1448,6 +1448,15 @@ $1.somecolumn
     or that <structname>mytable</> is a table name not a schema name
     in the second case.
    </para>
+
+   <para>
+    In a select list (see <xref linkend="queries-select-lists">), you
+    can ask for all fields of a composite value by
+    writing <literal>.*</literal>:
+<programlisting>
+(compositecol).*
+</programlisting>
+   </para>
   </sect2>
 
   <sect2>
-- 
2.40.0