Re: UNNEST result order vs Array data

Achilleas Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com>

From: Achilleas Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Date: 2013-06-20T11:15:13Z
Lists: pgsql-sql
On 20/06/2013 13:45, Vik Fearing wrote:
> On 06/20/2013 12:40 PM, gmb wrote:
>> Hi all
>> I just want to confirm something regarding UNNEST function used with arrays.
>> I cannot see that it is specifically mentioned in the documentation , but
>> maybe because it is obvious.
>>
>> Is the order of the result guaranteed to be the order of the array
> Order is never guaranteed unless you specify an ORDER BY clause.
>
>
I really think that the order should exactly reflect the order in the array.
Think of ARRAY as Relation + ORDER. Relation + Order gives an ARRAY, 
ARRAY should give Relation *and* ORDER in return.

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Achilleas Mantzios