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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 | 1525711588c87b80965594ff2249773d8d1ee5c9 (patch) | |
| tree | e298b1c5a66c096a09940258aa11b0dbf57fcc9c /doc/src | |
| parent | 56dc4424472c2fa27f8822efe09d18c6935fe2a3 (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 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> |