Re: [BUGS] Status of issue 4593

From: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: PG Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Lee McKeeman <lmckeeman(at)opushealthcare(dot)com>
Subject: Re: [BUGS] Status of issue 4593
Date: 2009-01-12 17:41:01
Message-ID: 1231782061.3898.13.camel@jdavis
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On Mon, 2009-01-12 at 15:26 +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> 1) We document bluntly that ORDER BY + FOR UPDATE can return unordered
> results, or
>
> 2) We prohibit ORDER BY + FOR UPDATE, like we do with a number of other
> clauses. (There would be no loss of functionality, because you can run
> the query a second time in the transaction with ORDER BY.)
>

I like Lee's idea of a WARNING plus a documentation note -- seems like a
reasonable compromise. Maybe we can add the prohibition later if we
still don't have a fix for it.

Regards,
Jeff Davis

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