Re: 8.4.1 distinct query WITHOUT order by

From: Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: 8.4.1 distinct query WITHOUT order by
Date: 2009-12-21 22:53:04
Message-ID: dcc563d10912211453ybe3b4d6y87303e795e3115c1@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 3:38 PM, Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
> Gary Chambers wrote on 21.12.2009 23:15:
>>
>> The current maintainer is unsure about being able to do the right
>> thing and recompile the code after fixing the query.
>
> Why not simply add the necessary GROUP BY?

Yeah, if you're code base is that fragile, bandaging it up by jumping
through hoops in pgsql is just putting off the inevitable when it (the
code base) has to get recompiled someday anyway.

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