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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2022-09-02 21:57:41 -0400 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2022-09-02 21:57:41 -0400 |
| commit | 0f590f0064b3a6f1a7492dcc2370819cda0a12c9 (patch) | |
| tree | 7c14e17b368a630459c3dc9e3ff9354d3cd09ea0 | |
| parent | 18f51083c990c710bf7d5292965d0b3c0ef23dfa (diff) | |
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doc: clarify recursion internal behavior
Reported-by: Drew DeVault
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20211018091720.31299-1-sir@cmpwn.com
Backpatch-through: 10
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml | 5 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml index 18a9e79259f..5366f1f7e6d 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml @@ -2110,9 +2110,8 @@ SELECT sum(n) FROM t; <note> <para> - Strictly speaking, this process is iteration not recursion, but - <literal>RECURSIVE</literal> is the terminology chosen by the SQL standards - committee. + While <literal>RECURSIVE</literal> allows queries to be specified + recursively, internally all queries are evaluated iteratively. </para> </note> |