Re: Fix for FETCH FIRST syntax problems

From: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
To: Andrew Gierth <andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Vik Fearing <vik(dot)fearing(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Fix for FETCH FIRST syntax problems
Date: 2018-05-20 19:26:50
Message-ID: 20180520192649.GA20752@fetter.org
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On Sun, May 20, 2018 at 01:39:27AM +0100, Andrew Gierth wrote:
> >>>>> "Tom" == Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
>
> >> I'm +1 for backpatching it. It may be operating as designed by
> >> PeterE ten years ago, but it's not operating as designed by the SQL
> >> standard.
>
> Tom> By that argument, *anyplace* where we're missing a SQL-spec
> Tom> feature is a back-patchable bug. I don't buy it.
>
> But this is a feature we already claimed to actually support (it's
> listed in sql_features with a bunch of unqualified YES entries), but in
> fact doesn't work properly.

This looks like a bug fix to me, for what it's worth.

Best,
David.
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