Re: psql metaqueries with \gexec

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Corey Huinker <corey(dot)huinker(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com>, Daniel Verite <daniel(at)manitou-mail(dot)org>, PostgreSQL <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: psql metaqueries with \gexec
Date: 2016-04-03 23:43:59
Message-ID: 14086.1459727039@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Corey Huinker <corey(dot)huinker(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>>> + The secondary queries are executed in top-to-bottom,
>>> left-to-right order, so the command

>> I took that as meaning what I said above.

> Would using the term https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Row-major_order be more
> clear?

Meh, I suspect a lot of people don't know that term. Perhaps something
like "The generated queries are executed in the order in which the rows
are returned, and left-to-right within each row if there is more than one
column."

regards, tom lane

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