On Thu, Sep 8, 2022 at 11:30:04AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> > On Thu, Sep 8, 2022 at 7:24 AM Peter Eisentraut
> > <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
> >> On 03.09.22 03:58, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >>> + While <literal>RECURSIVE</literal> allows queries to be specified
> >>> + recursively, internally all queries are evaluated iteratively.
>
> >> Is that true? Surely there is some recursive behavior in the executor.
>
> > I haven't read the patch, but I think the claim shown here is correct.
>
> I'd be happier if it read "such queries" instead of "all queries".
> The latter is an extremely broad claim, and you have to ignore cases
> like recursive SQL functions in order to even argue it's true.
Done in the attached applied patch.
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