Re: What is a "simple expression"?

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> Hi there
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> To start off I'd like to say your documentation is great and very helpful.
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> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/14/sql-select.html in the section "WINDOW
> clause" talks about "simple expression." I couldn't find any explaining of
> what actually constitutes a simple expression, not by searching for the
> term
> or checking the index.
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Yeah, "simple" there isn't a definitional word, it is there to make the
paragraph, which does qualify what the expression can be, read better.

You should be able to use, unless otherwise noted there or elsewhere, any
of the expression building components listed in the SQL Syntax chapter.
That chapter, for Window Functions, does further note that nesting window
functions isn't possible.

David J.