Re: New pgbench functions are misnamed

Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 5:41 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> I noticed that commit 7e137f846 added functions named max() and min()
>> to pgbench's expression syntax. Unfortunately, these functions have
>> zilch to do with what max() and min() do in SQL. They're actually more
>> like the greatest() and least() server-side functions.
>>
>> While I can't imagine that we'd ever want to implement true aggregates
>> in pgbench expressions, it still seems like this is a recipe for
>> confusion. Shouldn't we rename these to greatest() and least()?

> Yeah, that's probably a good idea.

The vote seems to be 2 to 1 in favor, so I'll go do this.

regards, tom lane