Re: Underspecified window queries in regression tests

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Florian Pflug <fgp(at)phlo(dot)org>
Cc: Greg Stark <stark(at)mit(dot)edu>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Hitoshi Harada <umi(dot)tanuki(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Underspecified window queries in regression tests
Date: 2011-10-16 23:09:03
Message-ID: 19579.1318806543@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Florian Pflug <fgp(at)phlo(dot)org> writes:
> ... reading those parts again, I realize the it says "When ORDER BY is omitted
> the *default* frame consists ... ", and that the second quote is followed
> by a footnote which says

> There are options to define the window frame in other ways, but this tutorial
> does not cover them. See Section 4.2.8 for details. [3.5, Window Functions]

> So it was just me being thick. Sorry for the noise.

Hmm. Maybe the use of a <footnote> there is too subtle, and we should
instead have that text in-line (probably in parentheses)? Or we could
use a <note>, but that's probably too much emphasis.

regards, tom lane

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