Re: [HACKERS] distinct. Is this the correct behaviour?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Damond Walker" <dwalker(at)black-oak(dot)com>
Cc: hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] distinct. Is this the correct behaviour?
Date: 1999-10-21 15:36:16
Message-ID: 17081.940520176@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Damond Walker" <dwalker(at)black-oak(dot)com> writes:
> Returned the following message under MS SQL Server 7.0:
> ORDER BY items must appear in the select list if SELECT DISTINCT is
> specified.

Sure looks like that is the consensus answer to the semantics problem...
guess we should do the same.

regards, tom lane

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