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Doc: improve description of window function processing.
authorTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:22:08 +0000 (10:22 -0400)
committerTom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Mon, 10 Mar 2025 14:22:36 +0000 (10:22 -0400)
commit6841118216ef25fcda428985eb337c6e0440bffc
treee777370e39a02ecdcfa37f67ff65606859eacac9
parentf1c1bafcdf76dbcdfcba506813bea5d939341631
Doc: improve description of window function processing.

The previous wording talked about a "single pass over the data",
which can be read as promising more than intended (to wit, that only
one WindowAgg plan node will be used).  What we promise is only what
the SQL spec requires, namely that the data not get re-sorted between
window functions with compatible PARTITION BY/ORDER BY clauses.
Adjust the wording in hopes of making this clearer.

Reported-by: Christopher Inokuchi <cinokuchi@gmail.com>
Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Reviewed-by: David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CABde6B5va2wMsnM79u_x=n9KUgfKQje_pbLROEBmA9Ru5XWidw@mail.gmail.com
Backpatch-through: 13
doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml