HAVING bug

Started by Sferacarta Softwareabout 27 years ago3 messages
#1Sferacarta Software
sferac@bo.nettuno.it

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Your name: Jose' Soares
Your email address:sferac@bo.nettuno.it

System Configuration
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Architecture (example: Intel Pentium): Intel Pentium

Operating System (example: Linux 2.0.26 ELF) : Linux 2.0.34 Elf

PostgreSQL version (example: PostgreSQL-6.1) : PostgreSQL-6.4-BETA2

Compiler used (example: gcc 2.7.2) : gcc 2.7.2.1

Please enter a FULL description of your problem:

PostgreSQL tells me, the following query is not valid, but I can't see
nothing wrong.

prova=> select * from sp;
sno |pno |qty
-----+-----+---
S1 |P1 |300
S1 |P2 |200
S1 |P3 |400
S2 |P2 |400
S3 |P2 |200
S4 |P4 |300
S4 |P5 |400
(7 rows)

prova=> select sno,qty from sp group by sno,qty having qty=300;
ERROR: This is not a valid having query!

I tried the same query on Informix-SE and I have the following:

sno qty

S1 300.000
S4 300.000

I tried it also on Solid and I have the following:

SOLID SQL Editor (teletype) v.02.20.0007
select sno,qty  from sp  group by sno,qty having qty = 300;
SNO                          QTY
---                          ---
S1                           300.
S4                           300.
2 rows fetched.

Jose'

#2Bruce Momjian
maillist@candle.pha.pa.us
In reply to: Sferacarta Software (#1)
Re: [HACKERS] HAVING bug

PostgreSQL tells me, the following query is not valid, but I can't see
nothing wrong.

prova=> select * from sp;
sno |pno |qty
-----+-----+---
S1 |P1 |300
S1 |P2 |200
S1 |P3 |400
S2 |P2 |400
S3 |P2 |200
S4 |P4 |300
S4 |P5 |400
(7 rows)

prova=> select sno,qty from sp group by sno,qty having qty=300;
ERROR: This is not a valid having query!

HAVING is only to be used with aggregates. In your case, qty is not an
aggregate.

At least, that is what I think is supposed to happen.

I tried the same query on Informix-SE and I have the following:

sno qty

S1 300.000
S4 300.000

I tried it also on Solid and I have the following:

SOLID SQL Editor (teletype) v.02.20.0007
select sno,qty  from sp  group by sno,qty having qty = 300;
SNO                          QTY
---                          ---
S1                           300.
S4                           300.
2 rows fetched.

Jose'

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#3Taral
taral@mail.utexas.edu
In reply to: Bruce Momjian (#2)
RE: [HACKERS] HAVING bug

prova=> select sno,qty from sp group by sno,qty having qty=300;
ERROR: This is not a valid having query!

Use WHERE for conditions like this.

SELECT sno, qty FROM sp WHERE qty=300 GROUP BY sno;

Taral