On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 12:08 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Ashutosh Bapat <ashutosh.bapat@enterprisedb.com> writes:
>> On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 7:27 AM, Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Per explain.c, this looks inconsistent to me. Shouldn't NULLS LAST be
>>> applied only if DESC is used in this ORDER BY clause?
>
>> ... In this case we are constructing a query to be
>> sent to the foreign server and it's better not to leave the defaults to be
>> interpreted by the foreign server; in case it interprets them in different
>> fashion. get_rule_orderby() also explicitly adds these options.
>
> Yeah, I agree that we don't need to go out of our way to make the query
> succinct here. Explicitness is easier and safer too, so why not?
+1. So, committed Ashutosh's version.
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