Re: Implement targetlist SRFs using ROWS FROM() (was Changed SRF in targetlist handling)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: Kevin Grittner <kgrittn(at)gmail(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Implement targetlist SRFs using ROWS FROM() (was Changed SRF in targetlist handling)
Date: 2016-09-02 14:25:00
Message-ID: 10163.1472826300@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> writes:
> Oh, and we've previously re-added that based on
> complaints. C.f. d543170f2fdd6d9845aaf91dc0f6be7a2bf0d9e7 (and others
> IIRC).

That one wasn't about row order per se, but I agree that people *will*
bitch if we change the behavior, especially if we don't provide a way
to fix it. ORDER BY is not a useful suggestion when there is nothing
you could order by to get the old behavior.

regards, tom lane

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