Re: [HACKERS] Re: [GENERAL] Re: [PHP3] Re: PostgreSQL vs Mysql comparison

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: luuk(at)wxs(dot)nl, The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Re: [GENERAL] Re: [PHP3] Re: PostgreSQL vs Mysql comparison
Date: 1999-10-06 14:39:18
Message-ID: 199910061439.KAA10225@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Next question is should we emit a NOTICE or just silently do it?
> (For that matter, should we go so far as to push the HAVING condition
> over to become part of WHERE when it has no agg? Then the speed issue
> goes away.) I kind of like emitting a NOTICE on the grounds of helping
> to educate users about the difference between WHERE and HAVING, but
> maybe people would just see it as obnoxious.

That is a tough call. My personal vote is that HAVING is misunderstood
enough to emit a warning.

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