On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 02:18:42PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > On Wed, Aug 24, 2022 at 07:58:04PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > On 18.08.22 20:10, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > Thus: > > > > Strictly speaking, this process is iteration, but > > > > <literal>RECURSIVE</literal> > > > > is the terminology chosen by the SQL standards committee." > > > > > > > > Because the above sounds just fine, I'd argue that if one does leave > > > > "not > > > > recursion" it should be set off by a comma. > > > I went with new wording, which should make this even clearer; patch > > > attached. > > > > I think this whole note is a bit misleading, like the SQL people don't know > > what recursion is. The point is that the query is defined recursively. The > > evaluation process is iterative. Those two are not contradictions. > > Okay, makes sense. Here is an updated patch.
Patch applied back to PG 10. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com Indecision is a decision. Inaction is an action. Mark Batterson
