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

Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> writes:
> * 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.

Yes.  Please compare PG HEAD with mysql 5.1.48 (ok, it's last month's
version):

regression=# create table t1 (f1 int primary key, f2 int, f3 int);
NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index "t1_pkey" for table "t1"
CREATE TABLE
regression=# select * from t1 group by f1;f1 | f2 | f3 
----+----+----
(0 rows)

regression=# select * from t1 group by f2;
ERROR:  column "t1.f1" must appear in the GROUP BY clause or be used in an aggregate function
LINE 1: select * from t1 group by f2;              ^



mysql> create table t1 (f1 int primary key, f2 int, f3 int);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.07 sec)

mysql> select * from t1 group by f1;
Empty set (0.00 sec)

mysql> select * from t1 group by f2;
Empty set (0.00 sec)


I'm not sure whether there is any clear rule for what rows you get when
grouping by a non-PK column in mysql, but it'll let you do it.
        regards, tom lane