Theo Kramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> select * from mytable where
> (c1 = 'c1v' and c2 = 'c2v' and c3 >= 'c3v') or
> (c1 = 'c1v' and c2 > 'c2v') or
> (c1 > 'c1v')
> order by c1, c2, c3;
Yeah ... what you really want is the SQL-spec row comparison operator
select ... where (c1,c2,c3) >= ('c1v','c2v','c3v') order by c1,c2,c3;
This does not work properly in any current PG release :-( but it does
work and is optimized well in CVS HEAD. See eg this thread
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-02/msg00209.php
regards, tom lane
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