On Oracle 9.2 you get 0, 0, 0, and 2 rows.
--Barry
SQL> create table tab (col integer);
Table created.
SQL> select 1 from tab having 1=0;
no rows selected
SQL> select 1 from tab having 1=1;
no rows selected
SQL> insert into tab values (1);
1 row created.
SQL> insert into tab values (2);
1 row created.
SQL> select 1 from tab having 1=0;
no rows selected
SQL> select 1 from tab having 1=1;
1
---------- 1 1
SQL> exit
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-----Original Message-----
From: pgsql-hackers-owner@postgresql.org
[mailto:pgsql-hackers-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Tom Lane
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 9:45 AM
To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] We are not following the spec for HAVING without
GROUP BY
I wrote:
> This is quite clear that the output of a HAVING clause is a "grouped
> table" no matter whether the query uses GROUP BY or aggregates or not.
> What that means is that neither the HAVING clause nor the targetlist
> can use any ungrouped columns except within aggregate calls; that is,
> select col from tab having 2>1
> is in fact illegal per SQL spec, because col isn't a grouping column
> (there are no grouping columns in this query).
Actually, it's even more than that: a query with HAVING and no GROUP BY
should always return 1 row (if the HAVING succeeds) or 0 rows (if not).
If there are no aggregates, the entire from/where clause can be thrown
away, because it can have no impact on the result!
Would those of you with access to other DBMSes try this:
create table tab (col integer);
select 1 from tab having 1=0;
select 1 from tab having 1=1;
insert into tab values(1);
insert into tab values(2);
select 1 from tab having 1=0;
select 1 from tab having 1=1;
I claim that a SQL-conformant database will return 0, 1, 0, and 1 rows
from the 4 selects --- that is, the contents of tab make no difference
at all. (MySQL returns 0, 0, 0, and 2 rows, so they are definitely
copying our mistake...)
regards, tom lane
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