BUG #18990: The results of equivalent queries are inconsistent (one returns 0, another returns -0)
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Date: 2025-07-17T11:30:40Z
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The following bug has been logged on the website: Bug reference: 18990 Logged by: Jinhui Email address: jinhui-lai@foxmail.com PostgreSQL version: 17.5 Operating system: ubuntu 22.04 Description: Hi, PG developers Thanks for reading my report! You can reproduce it as follows: SELECT DISTINCT t1.c0 FROM t1 WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM t0 WHERE t1.c0 > t0.c0) UNION SELECT DISTINCT t1.c0 FROM t1 WHERE EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM t0 WHERE t1.c0 > t0.c0); c0 ---- -4 -3 -2 -1 -0 1 SELECT DISTINCT t1.c0 FROM t1; c0 ---- 0 -2 -1 -4 -3 1 Thanks once again for your precious time. Best regard, Jinhui