>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> writes:
>> Please don't object that that doesn't look exactly like the syntax >> for calling the function, because it doesn't anyway --- remember >> you also need ORDER BY in the call. Tom> Actually, now that I think of it, why not use this syntax for Tom> declaration and display purposes: Tom> type1, type2 ORDER BY type3, type4 Tom> This has nearly as much relationship to the actual calling Tom> syntax as the WITHIN GROUP proposal does, But unfortunately it looks exactly like the calling sequence for a normal aggregate with an order by clause - I really think that is potentially too much confusion. (It's one thing not to look like the calling syntax, it's another to look exactly like a valid calling sequence for doing something _different_.) -- Andrew (irc:RhodiumToad) -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
