Re: Does anybody use ORDER BY x USING y? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Josh Berkus
Subject Re: Does anybody use ORDER BY x USING y?
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Msg-id 200509181234.11040.josh@agliodbs.com
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In response to Does anybody use ORDER BY x USING y?  (Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org>)
Responses Re: Does anybody use ORDER BY x USING y?
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Martjin,

> We can continue to support USING [op] as long as [op] is one of the GT
> or LT operators in the OPERATOR CLASS. This restriction may exist
> already, I can't tell.
>
> All we lose is the ability to say USING [arbitrary op]. Does anybody
> use this. Would people object to requiring the operator after USING to
> be part of an operator class?

Hmmm ... would this prevent the hackish workaround for case-insensitive sort?

-- 
Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco


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