Re: Accuracer Database
- From: "Ole Willy Tuv" <owtuv@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 09:23:30 +0200
Lauchlan,
> For a start, take the first example where NexusDB 'failed':
>
> "SELECT First_Name, Last_Name FROM coders ORDER BY Salary"
>
> Does standard SQL allow you to order by a field not in the result set? I
> don't know, I don't think so, but it appears NexusDb wasn't designed to
> work
> that way. Is this a bad thing? Probably not. Perhaps it's more efficient
> to
> only order by the fields in the result set. I don't know.
Yes, the latest standard, SQL:1999 and SQL:2003, allow source columns that
are not referenced in the select list to be specified in the ORDER BY
clause, and in the GROUP BY clause as well. NexusDB V2, which conforms to
SQL:2003, supports this.
Regards
Ole Willy Tuv
.
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