Re: BUG #18563: Where is tha "FIRST" aggregate function?? - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: BUG #18563: Where is tha "FIRST" aggregate function??
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Msg-id 3781617.1722540209@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: BUG #18563: Where is tha "FIRST" aggregate function??  (Christophe Pettus <xof@thebuild.com>)
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Christophe Pettus <xof@thebuild.com> writes:
>> On Aug 1, 2024, at 09:25, PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org> wrote:
>> I am migrating for
>> other database, bacause of the dificulty to get a similar resource to
>> substitute the "FIRST" in PostgreSQL and I hope you can recognize this bad
>> error and implement something to suppply this lack. Good bye!

> It's trivial to implement in PostgreSQL:
>     https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/First/last_(aggregate)

The built-in (since v16) "any_value()" aggregate is actually just like
what that page shows for "first()".  The name is chosen to reflect the
fact that the aggregate itself isn't promising anything: you have to
use it in the correct way to get useful behavior.

            regards, tom lane



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