Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Recognize functional dependency on primary keys. - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Recognize functional dependency on primary keys.
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Msg-id 201008140253.o7E2rvo12036@momjian.us
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In response to Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Recognize functional dependency on primary keys.  (Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>)
Responses Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Recognize functional dependency on primary keys.
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Stephen Frost wrote:
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> Bruce,
> 
> * Bruce Momjian (bruce@momjian.us) wrote:
> > My guess is our new 9.1 functionality will reduce requests for this
> > features, so we can just not list it anymore.  If they still ask, we can
> > re-added this not-wanted item.
> 
> I'm not so sure...  I expect we're going to get people complaining that
> it doesn't work the way MySQL's does now instead of complaints we don't
> have it.  Not sure what value there is in removing it as a "feature we're
> not going to implement but realize others have"?

Well, as worded, it says we have to group by everything, which is not
true in 9.1, so I figured let's see what feedback we get and we can add
a new one if we want, but our old argument is invalid, since we did
implement part of what we said we wouldn't.  ;-)

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