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To: KES <[email protected]>
Cc: David G. Johnston <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: Ambiguous usage of 'any' in explanation
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2018 13:31:48 -0400
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On Sat, Oct 13, 2018 at 12:25:38PM +0300, KES wrote:
> >or NULL if any of the comparisons result in unknown
> result in unknown??
Well, SQL has a three-valued logic, and UNKOWN values are treated like
NULL. For me they have always been the same, and I would like to avoid
"unknown" in this context, if possible.
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> 13.10.2018, 00:37, "David G. Johnston" <[email protected]>:
>
> On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 8:04 AM Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Sorry, but I don't like this wording. The problem is that the
> comparison has two row sets --- the left-hand side, and the right-hand
> side.
>
>
> Huh...the left hand side must be a non-set scalar or row constructor.
>
>
> Each row on the left-hand side is compared with the row set on
> the right. I also don't like people thinking about the result of ANY
> since it is really <comparison> ANY that is being used.
>
>
> Then there is some more rewording to be done since: "The result of ANY is
> “true” if any true result is obtained." (v10; 9.22.4)
>
> Maybe:
>
> The result of ANY is “true” if the comparison returns true for any subquery
> row; otherwise the result is “false” (or NULL if any of the comparisons
> result in unknown)
>
> David J.
>
>
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