Re: [GENERAL] WITH AS vs subselect was: count (DISTINCT expression [ , ... ] ) and documentation

2008-12-26 Thread David Fetter
On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 07:13:48PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > Ivan Sergio Borgonovo writes: > >>> David Fetter wrote: > In 8.4, you'll be able to do: > > WITH d AS ( > SELECT DISTINCT c1, c2 FROM table1 > ) > SELECT count(*) FROM d; > > >>> Nice, but what will be the diff

Re: [GENERAL] WITH AS vs subselect was: count (DISTINCT expression [ , ... ] ) and documentation

2008-12-26 Thread Tom Lane
Ivan Sergio Borgonovo writes: >>> David Fetter wrote: In 8.4, you'll be able to do: WITH d AS ( SELECT DISTINCT c1, c2 FROM table1 ) SELECT count(*) FROM d; >>> Nice, but what will be the difference from >>> select count(*) from (select distinct c1, c2 from t); >>> ? >>

[GENERAL] WITH AS vs subselect was: count (DISTINCT expression [ , ... ] ) and documentation

2008-12-26 Thread Ivan Sergio Borgonovo
On Fri, 26 Dec 2008 12:04:48 -0800 David Fetter wrote: > On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 08:03:30PM +0100, Ivan Sergio Borgonovo > wrote: > > > > aggregate_name (DISTINCT expression [, expression] ) > > > In 8.4, you'll be able to do: > > > WITH d AS ( > > > SELECT DISTINCT c1, c2 FROM table1 > >