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From: Richard Broersma <richard.broersma@gmail.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: sql pgsql <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Learning about WITH RECURSIVE
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 14:17:00 -0800
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On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 2:11 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Richard Broersma <richard.broersma@gmail.com> writes:
>> Can anyone one explain why a "WITH RECURSIVE" query has the same
>> results regardless whether UNION or UNION ALL is specified?
>
> Well, if the rows are all different anyway, UNION isn't going to
> eliminate any ...

Okay thanks.  I see that I need to spend more time with the on-line docs.

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Richard Broersma Jr.

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