Re: How many columns can I have in an ORDER BY clause?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Mary Anderson <maryfran(at)demog(dot)berkeley(dot)edu>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: How many columns can I have in an ORDER BY clause?
Date: 2010-02-26 01:29:52
Message-ID: 11015.1267147792@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Mary Anderson <maryfran(at)demog(dot)berkeley(dot)edu> writes:
> I have a query that has an ORDER BY clause that appears to break.

Define "break". What output did you get and what did you expect to get?

> It has 12 or 13 columns. Have I exceeded postgresql's sorting capacity?

Certainly not.

regards, tom lane

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