Re: Fixing row comparison semantics

From: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Fixing row comparison semantics
Date: 2005-12-24 09:25:34
Message-ID: 43AD140E.80405@familyhealth.com.au
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> I've gotten interested again in the issue of row comparisons, eg
> (a, b, c) >= (1, 2, 3)
> We've discussed this before, the most comprehensive thread being
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-performance/2004-07/msg00188.php
> but nothing's gotten done. Unless someone's already working on this
> I think I will take it up.

Can someone explain to me how:

(a, b) < (1, 2)

is different to

a < 1 and b < 2

?

Chris

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