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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 | 92cad1439f2b775211d34c7b8f42b87e02c68ace (patch) | |
| tree | 411a612e0216f309f2b5ee710b4998a966c3fb11 | |
| parent | df92bc115ec8712cfdd0c7a26ef20b11914ab0a2 (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 42859aec422..33460da7db7 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> |