doc: mention GROUP BY columns can reference target col numbers
authorBruce Momjian
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 21:31:06 +0000 (17:31 -0400)
committerBruce Momjian
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 21:31:32 +0000 (17:31 -0400)
Reported-by: hape
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/168871536004.379168.9352636188330923805@wrigleys.postgresql.org

Backpatch-through: 11

doc/src/sgml/ref/select.sgml

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@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ TABLE [ ONLY ] table_name [ * ]
       eliminates groups that do not satisfy the given condition.  (See
        and
        below.)
+      Although query output columns are nominally computed in the next
+      step, they can also be referenced (by name or ordinal number)
+      in the GROUP BY clause.