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Add an example to clarify the use of ORDER BY in multiple-argument
aggregates. People seem to not get this right without help.
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml,v 1.148 2010/07/20 00:34:44 rhaas Exp $ -->
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<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml,v 1.149 2010/08/04 15:27:57 tgl Exp $ -->
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<chapter id="sql-syntax">
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<title>SQL Syntax</title>
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unspecified order. In many cases this does not matter; for example,
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<function>min</> produces the same result no matter what order it
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receives the inputs in. However, some aggregate functions
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(such as <function>array_agg</> and <function>xmlagg</>) produce
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(such as <function>array_agg</> and <function>string_agg</>) produce
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results that depend on the ordering of the input rows. When using
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such an aggregate, the optional <replaceable>order_by_clause</> can be
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used to specify the desired ordering. The <replaceable>order_by_clause</>
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described in <xref linkend="queries-order">, except that its expressions
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are always just expressions and cannot be output-column names or numbers.
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For example:
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<programlisting>
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SELECT array_agg(a ORDER BY b DESC) FROM table;
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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<para>
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When dealing with multiple-argument aggregate functions, note that the
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<literal>ORDER BY</> clause goes after all the aggregate arguments.
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For example, this:
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<programlisting>
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SELECT string_agg(a, ',' ORDER BY a) FROM table;
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</programlisting>
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not this:
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<programlisting>
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SELECT string_agg(a ORDER BY a, ',') FROM table; -- not what you want
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</programlisting>
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The latter syntax will be accepted, but <literal>','</> will be
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treated as a (useless) sort key.
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</para>
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<para>
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If <literal>DISTINCT</> is specified in addition to an
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<replaceable>order_by_clause</>, then all the <literal>ORDER BY</>
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