On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 17:07, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Alex Hunsaker <bada...@gmail.com> writes:
>> I dunno about anyone else but (a, ',' order by a) just looks weird.
>
> I suppose, but aren't you just focusing on the argument being constant?
Yes.
>> Or in other words, any thoughts on:
>> select string_agg(delim, expression);
>
> That looks pretty weird to me anyway, with or without use of ORDER BY.
> Nobody would think to write the delimiter first. Usually you put the
> "most important" argument first, and no one would see the delimiter
> as the most important one.
No argument about the most important arg first. I think we have a
difference of opinion on what the important argument is :-)
It might just be my perl upbringing talking, for example you join(',',
...) or split(',', ....) in perl.
Either way *shrug* Im happy to leave it alone.
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