Robert Haas wrote: > On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Peter Eisentraut <pete...@gmx.net> 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.
Wow, they removed it; I use it all the time. > 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. True. Seems now these numbers are PG extensions! -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + It's impossible for everything to be true. + -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
