Re: SQL:2003 Window Functions for postgresql 8.3?

Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Karen Hill wrote:
> > >
> > > Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > > > Karen Hill wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > It would be really great if PostgreSQL supported SQL:2003 Window
> > > > > functions. I know that oracle and sql server have them already, so it
> > > > > would make postgres competitive in that area. I know there is a
> > > > > feature freeze for 8.2, is it doable for 8.3?
> > > >
> > > > The sooner you start writing a patch, the sooner you will be done ;-)
> > >
> > > I looked at the TODO list at
> > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html, and I don't see SQL:2003
> > > Window Functions listed. Is it because they are not desired, or is it
> > > because there are more pressing things to accomplish? I noticed that
> > > Tom has mentioned that it appears unworkable in this thread.
> >
> > This is the first time I have seen them mentioned. Do we want them?
>
> They are in the standard and have been mentioned many times.

Mentioned how? Window functions? I have seem people ask for them in
the past week, but never before that. What should the TODO be?

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