From: Vik Fearing <vik@postgresfriends.org>
To: branko.radovanovic.zg@gmail.com
To: pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: BUG #17853: COLLATE does not work with numeric column references in ORDER BY
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2023 01:55:58 +0100
Message-ID: <3b32d6df-c6a4-c3fa-0eef-d4e2a8789fb6@postgresfriends.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <17853-57fa4c939f613eb6@postgresql.org>
References: <17853-57fa4c939f613eb6@postgresql.org>
On 3/18/23 23:44, PG Bug reporting form wrote:
> The following bug has been logged on the website:
>
> Bug reference: 17853
> Logged by: Branko Radovanovic
> Email address: branko.radovanovic.zg@gmail.com
> PostgreSQL version: 13.4
> Operating system: Debian
> Description:
>
> The following SQL:
>
> values ('a')
> order by 1 collate "C";
>
> ...returns an error: SQL Error [42804]: ERROR: collations are not supported
> by type integer
>
> In the above query, "1" is not an integer but a column reference, so it
> should be treated as well-formed and work the same as with the actual column
> label:
There is an argument that this should work. There is also an argument
that using numerical column references is not (or rather, is no longer)
Standard SQL and should not be used.
--
Vik Fearing
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Reply to all the recipients using the --to and --cc options:
reply via email
To: pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org
Cc: vik@postgresfriends.org, branko.radovanovic.zg@gmail.com, pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: BUG #17853: COLLATE does not work with numeric column references in ORDER BY
In-Reply-To: <3b32d6df-c6a4-c3fa-0eef-d4e2a8789fb6@postgresfriends.org>
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
This inbox is served by DDX for PostgreSQL; see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox