Hi apologist. How was the woodwork? Your exact comment was why I wrote mine.

  You could write predicates over non-existent columns:

  root=> SELECT * FROM t
         WHERE definitely_not_a_column = 4;

  SELECT * FROM t WHERE 4 = 5;
   a | b
  ---+----
   5 | 6
  (1 row)

  System.out.println(((Integer)4).compareTo((Integer)5));
  > -1

So it's SELECT FROM t WHERE true;

Now, let's get busy blaming Jepsen for using the tool wrong.

> therefore that whole WHERE clause doesn't exist either

No, therefore the condition is unsatisfiable and equivalent to WHERE FALSE. And that's letting you ignore the SQL spec, which says the query is invalid and should return "Column not found" because the column name cannot be resolved.

> We're comparing 4 and 5. Precedent?

I really hope you're trolling, for your own sake.