Tom Lane said: > "Jim C. Nasby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> but I also hate to burden the developers with rewriting a lot of >>> regression tests when their time could be better spent elsewhere. > >> Certainly, but I suspect it's just a matter of adding ORDER BY to >> everything, which just about anyone (even myself!) should be able to >> do. > > Performance is not the issue; test coverage, however, is an issue. See > the comment at the end of > http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/regress-evaluation.html#AEN22383>
Is it not possible to wrap the original query in an outer query that applies the ordering, leaving the original query run without ordering? Would that cause a lessening of test coverage? cheers andrew ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend
