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| author | Bruce Momjian | 2022-09-03 01:57:41 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian | 2022-09-03 01:57:41 +0000 |
| commit | b9dce0d8aeb369f57a0480356fce8b6cb33fc86c (patch) | |
| tree | e8f4016df94e3eae63746a3f4d4059b1e3d7a21c | |
| parent | 42d0d46f9825f7c3977e874380b093bb42a7e8ac (diff) | |
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 602fdce7caa..0f2683f4d07 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml @@ -2106,9 +2106,8 @@ SELECT sum(n) FROM t; <note> <para> - Strictly speaking, this process is iteration not recursion, but - <literal>RECURSIVE</> 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> |