On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Peter Eisentraut <[email protected]> wrote: > On tor, 2011-06-09 at 13:30 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: >> Column numbers in ORDER BY is ANSI syntax so I don't think calling >> them "legacy" is accurate. "limited functionality"? > > It was in SQL 92, but removed in 99, so it's technically no longer part > of the standard.
It's still extremely widely used though, I think, and very useful. I don't feel we have to support GROUP BY 1 COLLATE whatever, but it might be worth the trouble to at least emit a decent HINT. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
