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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 | 3eef32c58b438e08071acb22580162976bce680b (patch) | |
| tree | b5b4c32ce1d3095744f624839d1fdba1ab0c9466 | |
| parent | 5527b79cc04a6aa3aab885d3bcd7162b4c620b1c (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 1428d99d0f8..4c5a83c9cbf 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml @@ -2172,9 +2172,8 @@ 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> |