Re: How is sorting work?

From: David G Johnston <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: How is sorting work?
Date: 2014-05-31 02:56:32
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Quang Thoi wrote
> Thanks Steve!
>
> Just want to get confirmation that postgres does not use any special rules
>
> When no sorting order specified.

Didn't your testing prove that out sufficiently? I'd be more concerned,
though, if you took random congruence between the two results (I.e. If they
both happened to returned in the same order) to mean that you could trust in
some order the you did not specify as being important.

David J.

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