Re: possible bug with group by?

Julie Hunt wrote:
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> Joseph Shraibman wrote:
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> >
> >
> > playpen=> select a, b, case when c is null then 'not set' else 'set' end
> > as z from tablea group by a, b, z;
> > ERROR: Unable to identify an operator '<' for types 'unknown' and
> > 'unknown'
> > You will have to retype this query using an explicit cast
> > playpen=>
>
> Hi,
>
> should your group by be a, b, c not a, b, z?
>

That would work for this example. But shouldn't it work for z also?

I discovered that if I replace z with text I don't get that error, but
then I can't name my columns.