Re: Closing some 8.4 open items

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Subject: Re: Closing some 8.4 open items
Date: 2009-04-10 16:16:22
Message-ID: 24384.1239380182@sss.pgh.pa.us
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David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> writes:
> On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 11:30:30AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Perhaps more to the point: the previous round of discussion about
>> this already rejected the idea of treating window functions as a
>> category fundamentally separate from plain functions --- that is, we
>> are not following the "aggregate" model of having separate commands
>> for aggregate functions.

> I hadn't seen any such a consensus.

We do not have CREATE WINDOW FUNCTION, DROP WINDOW FUNCTION, ALTER
WINDOW FUNCTION, etc. If psql uses \dw it will be presenting a
different world view than exists at the SQL level.

regards, tom lane

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