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Re: [HACKERS] Re: consttraints.source

Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>

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From: "Thomas G. Lockhart" <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>
To: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: emkxp01@mtcc.demon.co.uk, hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 1998-01-07T01:36:20Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
> > I'm seeing similar problems, mainly due to failure to sort correctly
> > even though there is an "order by" clause.
> >
> > I did a few tests and found that the sort sort seemed to fail when there
> > were multiple columns in the "order by" clause. (Not conclusive)
>
> This is a huge help.  I think I have found it.  I just overhauled the
> readfunc/outfunc code, so it was now very clear that was in the
> Query.sortClause.
>
> Your hint that the it fails when there is more than one sort identifier
> was the trick.

Ah, Keith beat me to the test :) fwiw, the problem was introduced between 971227
and 980101...

                                             - Tom