Re: Proposal: QUALIFY clause

From: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)kurilemu(dot)de>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Vik Fearing <vik(at)postgresfriends(dot)org>, Nico Williams <nico(at)cryptonector(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Matheus Alcantara <matheusssilv97(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Proposal: QUALIFY clause
Date: 2025-07-23 08:12:39
Message-ID: 202507230812.cpptkfzdholh@alvherre.pgsql
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On 2025-Jul-22, Andrew Dunstan wrote:

> If we were making up our own syntax this would be a sensible thing to
> debate. If we're talking about implementing something we expect to be in the
> standard, I think we will have to live with what the standards committee
> decides, regardless of our preference. We've almost certainly been preempted
> here by other RDBMSs using QUALIFY, heedless of English grammar.

The Romans, the Vikings, the Normans, all have influenced the English
language. Why not SQL?

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Álvaro Herrera Breisgau, Deutschland — https://www.EnterpriseDB.com/
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