Re: Review: listagg aggregate - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Review: listagg aggregate
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Msg-id 16153.1264529345@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Review: listagg aggregate  ("David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com>)
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"David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com> writes:
> Meh. This is all just bike-shedding. I'm fine with string_agg(), though in truth none of the names has really been
great.The inclusion of "agg" in the name is unfortunate.
 

Yeah, I wouldn't be for it either if it weren't for the precedent of
array_agg.  I was quite surprised that the SQL committee chose that
name, because they've avoided using the term "aggregate function" at
all, but there it is ...
        regards, tom lane


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