On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 01:30:57PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > Jeff Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I didn't consider that. Is there a reason the regression tests assume > > the results will be returned in a certain order (or a consistent order)? > > We use diff as the checking tool.
Doesn't the SQL spec specifically state that the only time you'll get results in a deterministic order is if you use ORDER BY? Assuming otherwise seems a bad idea (though at least in the case of testing it makes the test more strenuous rather than less...) -- Jim C. Nasby, Database Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] Give your computer some brain candy! www.distributed.net Team #1828 Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming, or what?" ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster