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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 14:22:22 +0000 (10:22 -0400)
commit778f9dd0d2aa84f5c67f0e257a175c3c99d0dc5e
tree4bb520556753e62ace071e8feea2910dc4a1f89d
parenta7aa9f21f23ead3e04b073de66fdb56f5eb765a2
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