Re: Global setting for ORDER BY ... NULLS FIRST / LAST

OK I understand.
Seb
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From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 4:02 PM
To: David G. Johnston <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Sebastien Flaesch <sebastien(dot)flaesch(at)4js(dot)com>; pgsql-sql <pgsql-sql(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Global setting for ORDER BY ... NULLS FIRST / LAST

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"David G. Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 7:16 AM Sebastien Flaesch <sebastien(dot)flaesch(at)4js(dot)com>
> wrote:
>> Is there a global PostgreSQL server setting or SQL session parameter that
>> defines the default for ORDER BY ... NULLS FIRST / LAST ?

> IMO, not enough of a benefit to spend development time on. Having global
> configuration like this is something that should be, and in general is,
> avoided. Most of the exceptions to this have been regretted.

Yeah. We have generally found that settings that change query semantics
are a net evil.

regards, tom lane