"Peter Childs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is it actually in the sql spec to sort in a distinct
No. PG's code that supports GROUP BY is newer and smarter than the code that supports DISTINCT, is all. One of the things on the to-do list is to revise DISTINCT so it can also consider hash-based implementations. The hard part of that is not to break DISTINCT ON ... regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings