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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 | 8ec6a4ef3c3a6aa08f2cc235fab8c691a8b2f341 (patch) | |
| tree | b1fd81139452a70d01c86417d1440b36f869af9e /doc/src | |
| parent | 932b01630095a08797e05ba1dae279731b862c95 (diff) | |
doc: clarify recursion internal behavior
Reported-by: Drew DeVault
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20211018091720.31299-1-sir@cmpwn.com
Backpatch-through: 10
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
| -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> |