BUG #7831: user defined-aggregated don't set initcond to null when unspecified, instead uses its first argument

Started by Abel Abraham Camarillo Ojedaabout 13 years ago3 messagesbugs
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The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference: 7831
Logged by: Abel Abraham Camarillo Ojeda
Email address: acamari@verlet.org
PostgreSQL version: 9.1.2
Operating system: OpenBSD-5.1/amd64.MP
Description:

user defined-aggregated don't set initcond to null when unspecified, instead
uses its first argument.

To reproduce:

$
$ cat > /tmp/sql
create or replace function
_foo (state double precision, i double precision)
returns double precision language sql immutable strict as
$$
select 999::double precision;
$$;

create aggregate foo (double precision) (
sfunc = _foo,
stype = double precision
);

select foo(0);
$
$ psql -U postgres template1 < /tmp/sql
CREATE FUNCTION
CREATE AGGREGATE
foo
-----
0
(1 row)

$
$ psql -U postgres template1
psql (9.1.2)
Type "help" for help.

template1=#

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#2Tom Lane
tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us
In reply to: Abel Abraham Camarillo Ojeda (#1)
Re: BUG #7831: user defined-aggregated don't set initcond to null when unspecified, instead uses its first argument

acamari@verlet.org writes:

user defined-aggregated don't set initcond to null when unspecified, instead
uses its first argument.

And your point is?

AFAICS this is the documented behavior when the transition function
is strict. See
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/sql-createaggregate.html
6th paragraph under "Description".

regards, tom lane

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In reply to: Tom Lane (#2)
Re: BUG #7831: user defined-aggregated don't set initcond to null when unspecified, instead uses its first argument

On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 10:53 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:

acamari@verlet.org writes:

user defined-aggregated don't set initcond to null when unspecified, instead
uses its first argument.

And your point is?

AFAICS this is the documented behavior when the transition function
is strict. See
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/sql-createaggregate.html
6th paragraph under "Description".

regards, tom lane

Oh sorry...

I think that I didn't read that reference enough times, I was mistaken.

Thank you, sorry for the noise...

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