> It appears that you don't need to
> specify in the Group By clause all the columns that are referenced without
> an aggregate function 

True.

> For example this query would be invalid in MSSQL but
> valid in MySQL:
> 
> select id, vendor, sum(price)
> from p
> group by id

In this case, `vendor` would hold the vendor value from some random
record with the `id` indicated.  In practice, it's the first one as it
appears in the table, but that is not guaranteed.

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