The following bug has been logged on the website:
Bug reference: 17071
Logged by: Tobias Wendorff
Email address: tobias.wendorff@tu-dortmund.de
PostgreSQL version: 12.6
Operating system: Debian Buster
Description:
If the result set of a query has only one row, but an additional row gets
added by GROUP BY rollup(), a subsequent ORDER BY is ignored by the
planner.
test case:
https://dbfiddle.uk/?rdbms=postgres_9.5&fiddle=e467725a3fae6df51f7ad8e89052de98
query:
SELECT
'2021-01-01'::date AS month
GROUP BY
rollup(month)
ORDER BY
month NULLS FIRST;
query plan:
GroupAggregate (cost=0.00..0.03 rows=2 width=0) (actual time=0.003..0.003
rows=2 loops=1)
Group Key: '2021-01-01'::date
Group Key: ()
-> Result (cost=0.00..0.01 rows=1 width=0) (actual time=0.000..0.000
rows=1 loops=1)
Planning time: 0.017 ms
Execution time: 0.027 ms
workaround:
CTE or subquery with subsequent sorting
Tested on dbfiddle.uk using versions 9.5, 9.6, 10, 11, 12 and 13.
