Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> IMO, the sql 92 row constructor was inserted for ISAM style key based
> table browsing without cursors...more or less a 'lost art' these days
> but still relevant. This is a key strategy in dealing with large
> tables. Blog entry is forthcoming :).
Just for the record, it's not the row constructor stuff that just got
fixed, it's row-value comparison. We were able to construct rows
correctly before, but we didn't compare them in the correct column-
by-column fashion. Please call it by the right name in your blog to
avoid future confusion.
regards, tom lane