Re: Closing some 8.4 open items - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Closing some 8.4 open items
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Msg-id 24384.1239380182@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Closing some 8.4 open items  (David Fetter <david@fetter.org>)
Responses Re: Closing some 8.4 open items  (Andrew Gierth <andrew@tao11.riddles.org.uk>)
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David Fetter <david@fetter.org> writes:
> On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 11:30:30AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Perhaps more to the point: the previous round of discussion about
>> this already rejected the idea of treating window functions as a
>> category fundamentally separate from plain functions --- that is, we
>> are not following the "aggregate" model of having separate commands
>> for aggregate functions.

> I hadn't seen any such a consensus.

We do not have CREATE WINDOW FUNCTION, DROP WINDOW FUNCTION, ALTER
WINDOW FUNCTION, etc.  If psql uses \dw it will be presenting a
different world view than exists at the SQL level.
        regards, tom lane


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