Re: [HACKERS] Group By, NULL values and inconsistent behaviour.

Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: darrenk@insightdist.com (Darren King)
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org
Date: 1998-01-27T15:39:34Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> 
> > > >For now, ignore the patch I sent.  Appears from Andreas demo that the
> > > >current postgres code will follow the Informix style with regard to
> > > >grouping columns with NULL values. Now that I really think about it,
> > > >it does make more sense.
> > > 
> > > I think I saw the patch committed this morning...?
> > 
> > 	Yesterday evening, actually...should we back it out, or leave it
> > as is?  Is the old way more corrrect the the new?
> 
> Marc,
> 
> >From the two responses demonstrating Informix and Sybase, I think the patch
> I sent should be backed out.  I can live with NULL equaling NULL in the
> GROUP BY and ORDER BY clauses, but not in the WHERE clause, if everyone else
> is doing it that way.
> 
> darrenk
> 
> 

Your patch backed out.

-- 
Bruce Momjian
maillist@candle.pha.pa.us