On Thursday 01 November 2007 17:16, Scott Marlowe wrote:
> > > I was very surprised when I executed such SQL query (under PostgreSQL
> > > 8.2):
> > > select random() from generate_series(1, 10) order by random();
> > >
> (...)
> My guess is that it was recognized by the planner as the same function
> and evaluated once per row only.
I also had such hypothesis, but I think that query:
select random(), random() from generate_series(1, 10) order by random();
contradicts it.
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Piotr Sobolewski
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