Add example to sort results by two composite types

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Subject: Add example to sort results by two composite types
Date: 2025-07-13 13:23:40
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The doc has example:
All of these ORDER BY clauses specify the row's composite value, resulting
in sorting the rows according to the rules described in Section 9.25.6.
However, if inventory_item contained a column named c, the first case would
be different from the others, as it would mean to sort by that column only.
Given the column names previously shown, these queries are also equivalent
to those above:

SELECT * FROM inventory_item c ORDER BY ROW(c.name, c.supplier_id, c.price);
SELECT * FROM inventory_item c ORDER BY (c.name, c.supplier_id, c.price);

I suggest to extend the example to sort results by first composite type and
then by the second:
SELECT * FROM invertory_type t, inventory_item c ORDER BY (c.name,
c.supplier_id, c.price), (t.name, t.value);

Though I did not checked this if it possible or not. It would be nice to
have it documented.

Thank you.

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