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authorBruce Momjian2022-09-03 01:57:41 +0000
committerBruce Momjian2022-09-03 01:57:41 +0000
commit1525711588c87b80965594ff2249773d8d1ee5c9 (patch)
treee298b1c5a66c096a09940258aa11b0dbf57fcc9c
parent56dc4424472c2fa27f8822efe09d18c6935fe2a3 (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.sgml5
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/queries.sgml
index 7d7c0c0785a..50ac46b482f 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>