Re: psql metaqueries with \gexec

From: Corey Huinker <corey(dot)huinker(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com>, Daniel Verite <daniel(at)manitou-mail(dot)org>, PostgreSQL <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: psql metaqueries with \gexec
Date: 2016-04-04 00:42:37
Message-ID: CADkLM=eRqOXbO0MG6Dcw41VcuMn9ZXkQdvvJQyaHKhXFmGK_xw@mail.gmail.com
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On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 7:43 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Corey Huinker <corey(dot)huinker(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> >>> + The secondary queries are executed in top-to-bottom,
> >>> left-to-right order, so the command
>
> >> I took that as meaning what I said above.
>
> > Would using the term https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Row-major_order be
> more
> > clear?
>
> Meh, I suspect a lot of people don't know that term. Perhaps something
> like "The generated queries are executed in the order in which the rows
> are returned, and left-to-right within each row if there is more than one
> column."
>
> regards, tom lane
>

I like it. Change forthcoming.

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