Select more than a single column or an asterisk (*) in an exists subquery.
EXISTS (SELECT 1,2,3 FROM …)Further Standard Features
F671, “Subqueries in CHECK constraints”
T501, “Enhanced EXISTS predicate” is an optional feature in ISO/IEC 9075-2:2023. The separation of “*” and a single column first appeared in the edition of 1999.
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