Re: [DOCS] Window function docs - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [DOCS] Window function docs
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Msg-id 20170407162854.GH5757@momjian.us
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In response to Re: [DOCS] Window function docs  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: [DOCS] Window function docs  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Thu, Apr  6, 2017 at 06:13:44PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> avg() is going to be evaluated across the current frame, not the whole
> partition.  I don't mind trying to be more precise than "appropriate set",
> but it doesn't help to be apparently precise but wrong.
>
> Not really convinced by the s/regular/normal/g changes.  That doesn't seem
> to clarify much either.  Maybe it would help to define "normal" near here.
> There's a definition in func.sgml (that they are not ordered-set or
> hypothetical-set aggregates) but that's too far away.

This change is not on my patch yes but what do you think about changing
"regular" and "normal" aggregate designations to "generic"?  That seems
clearer because the aggregates work in non-window and window contexts.

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