Re: [HACKERS] row wise comparison broken

2004-09-10 Thread Merlin Moncure
Yes, I found the following thread started by you in the pgsql-performance list: Subject: [PERFORM] best way to fetch next/prev record based on index Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 06:18:43 -0700 there were some concerns about backwards compatibility. IMO 8.0 is a good chance to fix it. Maybe

Re: [HACKERS] row wise comparison broken

2004-09-10 Thread Tom Lane
Merlin Moncure [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-performance/2004-07/msg00218.php Still, I think the current behavior is wrong...and is exactly the kind of trick question that a sql compliance benchmark might ask. It undoubtedly is wrong. But it has been wrong

[HACKERS] row wise comparison broken

2004-09-09 Thread Tatsuo Ishii
Following result seems strange since it is not what the standard expects: test=# select (1,1) (0,10); ?column? -- f (1 row) On the other hand I see following in the doc: - 9.17.5. Row-wise Comparison (expression [, expression ...]) operator

Re: [HACKERS] row wise comparison broken

2004-09-09 Thread Tom Lane
Tatsuo Ishii [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I guess this means that PostgreSQL does not fully support SQL's row-wise comparison. We need to add this to the TODO list? I thought it was there already ... certainly this has been discussed before ... regards, tom lane

Re: [HACKERS] row wise comparison broken

2004-09-09 Thread Merlin Moncure
Tatsuo Ishii [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I guess this means that PostgreSQL does not fully support SQL's row-wise comparison. We need to add this to the TODO list? I thought it was there already ... certainly this has been discussed before ... This was discussed (including a possible

Re: [HACKERS] row wise comparison broken

2004-09-09 Thread Tatsuo Ishii
Tatsuo Ishii [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I guess this means that PostgreSQL does not fully support SQL's row-wise comparison. We need to add this to the TODO list? I thought it was there already ... certainly this has been discussed before ... This was discussed (including a

Re: [HACKERS] row wise comparison broken

2004-09-09 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tatsuo Ishii wrote: Tatsuo Ishii [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I guess this means that PostgreSQL does not fully support SQL's row-wise comparison. We need to add this to the TODO list? I thought it was there already ... certainly this has been discussed before ... This was

Re: [HACKERS] row wise comparison broken

2004-09-09 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I remember the thread but didn't see a TODO in there at the time. * Make row-wise comparisons work per SQL spec regards, tom lane ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 7: don't forget to