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

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: Damond Walker <dwalker(at)black-oak(dot)com>, hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] distinct. Is this the correct behaviour?
Date: 1999-10-21 16:58:32
Message-ID: 199910211658.MAA28593@candle.pha.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.

Added to TODO:

* require SELECT DISTINCT target list to have all ORDER BY columns

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