Re: [HACKERS] Re: [SQL] DISTINCT ON: speak now or forever hold your peace - Mailing list pgsql-sql

> Chris Bitmead <chris@bitmead.com> writes:
> > As long as we're fixing the syntax, I'm wondering if it wouldn't be more
> > logical to have DISTINCT ON somewhere later in the syntax.
> 
> Well, SELECT DISTINCT is that way because SQL92 says so.  Putting the
> DISTINCT ON variant somewhere else might be logically purer, but I think
> it'd be confusing.
> 
> Also, isn't the reason we have DISTINCT ON at all that it's there to
> be compatible with MySQL or someone?  I figured adding parens would be
> about the least-surprising variant syntax for a person used to those
> other products.
> 

Makes sense to me.

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