> AFAICS this ambiguity is built into the SQL standard, and in fact it's
> possible to generate cases that are legally parseable either way:
>
> SELECT foo.x = ANY((SELECT bar.y FROM bar)) FROM foo;
>
> [...]
>
> So I think that the SQL committee shot themselves in the foot when they
> decided it was a good idea to call the boolean-OR aggregate "ANY", and
> our addition of an array option isn't the fundamental problem.
>
> Anyone know if SQL2003 fixed this silliness?
It does not seemed to be fixed in the copy I found, but it may not be the
last version.
As a "temporary" fix, what about "_ANY" and "_SOME" as aggregate names?
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