Re: Insufficient description in collation mismatch error - Mailing list pgadmin-hackers

From Thom Brown
Subject Re: Insufficient description in collation mismatch error
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Msg-id BANLkTimpwWRd_nNJwDSp2Lm05D1QPcAT8g@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Insufficient description in collation mismatch error  (Thom Brown <thom@linux.com>)
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On 19 April 2011 23:57, Thom Brown <thom@linux.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried applying a collation to a GROUP BY clause without applying the
> collation to the corresponding column in the SELECT clause.
>
> postgres=# SELECT things, count(*) FROM stuff GROUP BY things COLLATE "C";
> ERROR:  column "stuff.things" must appear in the GROUP BY clause or be
> used in an aggregate function
> LINE 1: SELECT things, count(*) FROM stuff GROUP BY things COLLATE "...
>
> Firstly, does it even make sense for a GROUP BY clause to accept COLLATE?
>
> Even if it does, this error message doesn't explain the problem, being
> that the column with the necessary collation doesn't appear in the
> SELECT.

Erk, please ignore.  Wrong list.

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