clarification:
so if it is not in the sql group by it would be in the minilang group by.



Jacopo Cappellato sent the following on 10/15/2007 1:19 AM:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm going to commit the first draft (as a proof of concept) for a fully
> integrated OFBiz framework for business intelligence.
> Before I go, I need to commit the attached patch (or a variant of it).
> After the patch will be applied the following behavior will change:
> in a view entity definition, the fields with a group-by clause will be
> put in the sql "GROUP BY" section if and only if they are also in the
> "SELECT" section. Right now the behavior is different: the fields with
> group-by="true" in the view entity definition are always put in the
> "GROUP BY" section.
> Do you think this is going to be a problem?
> If the answer is yes (as I suspect), what about adding a new optional
> attribute to the <alias/> element: "always-in-group-by" (default to
> "true")?
> 
> For example:
> 
> <alias field="productId" group-by="true"/> will work as now (productId
> will always be in the group by section).
> 
> <alias field="productId" group-by="true" always-in-group-by="false"/>
> 
> productId will be in group by only if it is in the select section.
> 
> Please, let me know your opinion! Is there a better name for the new
> attribute?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jacopo

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