From: | Jack Christensen <jackc(at)hylesanderson(dot)edu> |
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To: | pgsql <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Set returning functions in select column list |
Date: | 2012-02-16 19:19:16 |
Message-ID: | 4F3D56B4.7030200@hylesanderson.edu |
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Can someone explain how set returning functions in a select clause work?
It seems that it is doing some sort of implicit cross join.
deliverance_development=# select id, generate_series(1, 3) from users;
id | generate_series
----+-----------------
0 | 1
0 | 2
0 | 3
1 | 1
1 | 2
1 | 3
(6 rows)
But if multiple set returning functions that return the same number of
rows are in the same select it doesn't further cross join it.
deliverance_development=# select id, generate_series(1, 3),
generate_series(4, 6) from users;
id | generate_series | generate_series
----+-----------------+-----------------
0 | 1 | 4
0 | 2 | 5
0 | 3 | 6
1 | 1 | 4
1 | 2 | 5
1 | 3 | 6
(6 rows)
But if the set returning functions return a different number of rows
then it goes back to a cross join.
deliverance_development=# select id, generate_series(1, 3),
generate_series(4, 5) from users;
id | generate_series | generate_series
----+-----------------+-----------------
0 | 1 | 4
0 | 2 | 5
0 | 3 | 4
0 | 1 | 5
0 | 2 | 4
0 | 3 | 5
1 | 1 | 4
1 | 2 | 5
1 | 3 | 4
1 | 1 | 5
1 | 2 | 4
1 | 3 | 5
(12 rows)
I really don't understand what is going on here. I have checked Google
and the PostgreSQL docs, but it appears either I do not know the key
words to search for or it is sparsely documented.
--
Jack Christensen
jackc(at)hylesanderson(dot)edu
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