Re: [PATCH] GROUP BY ALL - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Laurenz Albe
Subject Re: [PATCH] GROUP BY ALL
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Msg-id 39aca36b0e570a9f53dc1740f0de81ddffae0f1d.camel@cybertec.at
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In response to Re: [PATCH] GROUP BY ALL  (David Christensen <david@pgguru.net>)
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On Tue, 2024-07-23 at 08:37 -0500, David Christensen wrote:
> My intention here was to basically be a shorthand for "group by
> specified non-aggregate fields in the select list".  Perhaps I'm not
> being creative enough, but what is the interpretation/use case for
> anything else? :-)

I am somewhat against this feature.
It is too much magic for my taste.

It might be handy for interactive use, but I would frown at an application
that uses code like that, much like I'd frown at "SELECT *" in application code.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe



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