Re: [HACKERS] We are not following the spec for HAVING without GROUP
Kevin HaleBoyes <khaleboyes@chartwelltechnology.com>
From: Kevin HaleBoyes <khaleboyes@chartwelltechnology.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org
Date: 2005-03-10T18:21:14Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs, pgsql-hackers
Tom Lane wrote: > Would those of you with access to other DBMSes try this: > > create table tab (col integer); > select 1 from tab having 1=0; > select 1 from tab having 1=1; > insert into tab values(1); > insert into tab values(2); > select 1 from tab having 1=0; > select 1 from tab having 1=1; > > I claim that a SQL-conformant database will return 0, 1, 0, and 1 rows > from the 4 selects --- that is, the contents of tab make no difference > at all. (MySQL returns 0, 0, 0, and 2 rows, so they are definitely > copying our mistake...) > > regards, tom lane From SQL server 2000 with a service pack, I get: zero rows from the first query (having 1=0); one row, col value 1, from second query (having 1=1); ...run inserts... zero rows from the third query (having 1=0); one row, col value 1, from forth query (having 1=1); K.