Re: ORDER BY col is NULL in UNION causes error? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: ORDER BY col is NULL in UNION causes error?
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Msg-id 214.1168546723@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: ORDER BY col is NULL in UNION causes error?  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> Updated wording:

>  test=> select * from test union select * from test order by x is null;
>  ERROR:  A UNION/INTERSECT/EXCEPT ORDER BY cannot use expressions or functions, only result column names

This does not meet the style guidelines.

            regards, tom lane

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