"J.R. Onyschak" <jonyschak(at)nvisia(dot)com> writes:
> When I execute the following query:
> SELECT DISTINCT title FROM division ORDER BY UPPER(title);
> I get:
> ERROR: For SELECT DISTINCT, ORDER BY expressions must appear in target list
> If I remove DISTINCT, the query works fine.
> Is this illegal or a known bug?
This is not a bug, but an intentional restriction to prevent ill-defined
query results. Why don't you just "ORDER BY title"?
regards, tom lane