Add:

* %Make row-wise comparisons work per SQL spec

  Right now, '(a, b) < (1, 2)' is processed as 'a < 1 and b < 2', but
  the SQL standard requires it to be processed as a column-by-column
  comparison, so the proper comparison is '(a < 1) OR (a = 1 AND b < 2)'.

diff --git a/doc/TODO b/doc/TODO
index 8251a96f480ac599a32d93aef9219b0277418c2e..b27edd9f207925a778ebe660f8771e9145411ce2 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/TODO
+++ b/doc/TODO
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 PostgreSQL TODO List
 ====================
 Current maintainer:    Bruce Momjian ([email protected])
-Last updated:      Thu Dec 22 18:05:31 EST 2005
+Last updated:      Mon Dec 26 00:14:46 EST 2005
 
 The most recent version of this document can be viewed at
 http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html.
@@ -391,6 +391,11 @@ SQL Commands
 * %Add COMMENT ON for all cluster global objects (roles, databases
   and tablespaces)
 * %Make row-wise comparisons work per SQL spec
+
+  Right now, '(a, b) < (1, 2)' is processed as 'a < 1 and b < 2', but
+  the SQL standard requires it to be processed as a column-by-column
+  comparison, so the proper comparison is '(a < 1) OR (a = 1 AND b < 2)'.
+
 * Add RESET CONNECTION command to reset all session state
 
   This would include resetting of all variables (RESET ALL), dropping of

diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html b/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html
index 8c358ea8015a30303b4cb1f53aa459981ad2445e..74f71f5fc635408817c54535c5fd82bcbbffe655 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html
+++ b/doc/src/FAQ/TODO.html
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 PostgreSQL TODO List
 Current maintainer:     Bruce Momjian ([email protected])
-Last updated:           Thu Dec 22 18:05:31 EST 2005
+Last updated:           Mon Dec 26 00:14:46 EST 2005
 
 The most recent version of this document can be viewed at
 http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html.
@@ -359,6 +359,10 @@ first.
   %Add COMMENT ON for all cluster global objects (roles, databases
   and tablespaces)
   %Make row-wise comparisons work per SQL spec
+  Right now, '(a, b) < (1, 2)' is processed as 'a < 1 and b < 2', but
+  the SQL standard requires it to be processed as a column-by-column
+  comparison, so the proper comparison is '(a < 1) OR (a = 1 AND b < 2)'.
+
   Add RESET CONNECTION command to reset all session state
   This would include resetting of all variables (RESET ALL), dropping of
   temporary tables, removing any NOTIFYs, cursors, open transactions,