Re: [HACKERS] Group By, NULL values and inconsistent behaviour. - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From darrenk@insightdist.com (Darren King)
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Group By, NULL values and inconsistent behaviour.
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Msg-id 9801262143.AA69550@ceodev
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Responses Re: [HACKERS] Group By, NULL values and inconsistent behaviour.  (Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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> > >For now, ignore the patch I sent.  Appears from Andreas demo that the
> > >current postgres code will follow the Informix style with regard to
> > >grouping columns with NULL values. Now that I really think about it,
> > >it does make more sense.
> >
> > I think I saw the patch committed this morning...?
>
>     Yesterday evening, actually...should we back it out, or leave it
> as is?  Is the old way more corrrect the the new?

Marc,

From the two responses demonstrating Informix and Sybase, I think the patch
I sent should be backed out.  I can live with NULL equaling NULL in the
GROUP BY and ORDER BY clauses, but not in the WHERE clause, if everyone else
is doing it that way.

darrenk

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