Re: Review: listagg aggregate

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>
Cc: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Scott Bailey <artacus(at)comcast(dot)net>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org Hackers" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Review: listagg aggregate
Date: 2010-01-26 18:09:05
Message-ID: 16153.1264529345@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"David E. Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com> writes:
> Meh. This is all just bike-shedding. I'm fine with string_agg(), though in truth none of the names has really been great. The inclusion of "agg" in the name is unfortunate.

Yeah, I wouldn't be for it either if it weren't for the precedent of
array_agg. I was quite surprised that the SQL committee chose that
name, because they've avoided using the term "aggregate function" at
all, but there it is ...

regards, tom lane

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