Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.191]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA2232E3D11 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 14:35:40 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.191]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 65048-03 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 14:35:34 -0400 (AST) Received: from main1.mycybernet.net (main1.mycybernet.net [209.222.63.135]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7478B2E2DD4 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 14:35:34 -0400 (AST) Received: from 227-54-222-209.mycybernet.net ([209.222.54.227] helo=crankycanuck.ca) by main1.mycybernet.net with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1JBwob-0001VL-Qt for pgsql-sql@postgresql.org; Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:35:13 -0500 Received: by crankycanuck.ca (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 410974FFE1; Mon, 7 Jan 2008 13:35:09 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 13:35:09 -0500 From: Andrew Sullivan To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Cheers for DISTINCT ON Message-ID: <20080107183509.GA18581@crankycanuck.ca> References: <20080107161812.GS18581@crankycanuck.ca> <607iil34o8.fsf@dba2.int.libertyrms.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <607iil34o8.fsf@dba2.int.libertyrms.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200801/30 X-Sequence-Number: 29883 On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 12:51:19PM -0500, Chris Browne wrote: > I have heard that Gabriel has, at different conferences at different > times, taken and argued opposite positions on this; he has both argued > "Worse is Better" and that "Worse isn't Better." Yes. That history is actually outlined by him in the second link I posted. A