Re: [HACKERS] Re: [SQL] DISTINCT ON: speak now or forever hold your peace

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Chris Bitmead <chris(at)bitmead(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org, pgsql-sql <pgsql-sql(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Re: [SQL] DISTINCT ON: speak now or forever hold your peace
Date: 2000-01-26 23:16:32
Message-ID: 200001262316.SAA29624@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Chris Bitmead <chris(at)bitmead(dot)com> writes:
> > As long as we're fixing the syntax, I'm wondering if it wouldn't be more
> > logical to have DISTINCT ON somewhere later in the syntax.
>
> Well, SELECT DISTINCT is that way because SQL92 says so. Putting the
> DISTINCT ON variant somewhere else might be logically purer, but I think
> it'd be confusing.
>
> Also, isn't the reason we have DISTINCT ON at all that it's there to
> be compatible with MySQL or someone? I figured adding parens would be
> about the least-surprising variant syntax for a person used to those
> other products.
>

Makes sense to me.

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