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From: ljb <lbayuk@pobox.com>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: UNION and LIMIT issue
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:41:05 +0000 (UTC)
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tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us wrote:
>...
> ISTM that a LIMIT without an ORDER BY is a pretty bad idea, btw.

Some databases actually output a warning when you do that, telling you your
result is non-deterministic. Which seems to me to be a little presumptuous...



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