Re: pg ANY/SOME ambiguity wrt sql standard? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Fabien COELHO
Subject Re: pg ANY/SOME ambiguity wrt sql standard?
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.58.0404301808300.25655@sablons.cri.ensmp.fr
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In response to Re: pg ANY/SOME ambiguity wrt sql standard?  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: pg ANY/SOME ambiguity wrt sql standard?
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> AFAICS this ambiguity is built into the SQL standard, and in fact it's
> possible to generate cases that are legally parseable either way:
>
>     SELECT foo.x = ANY((SELECT bar.y FROM bar)) FROM foo;
>
> [...]
>
> So I think that the SQL committee shot themselves in the foot when they
> decided it was a good idea to call the boolean-OR aggregate "ANY", and
> our addition of an array option isn't the fundamental problem.
>
> Anyone know if SQL2003 fixed this silliness?

It does not seemed to be fixed in the copy I found, but it may not be the
last version.

As a "temporary" fix, what about "_ANY" and "_SOME" as aggregate names?

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Fabien Coelho - coelho@cri.ensmp.fr


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