Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-db-derby-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 36772 invoked from network); 16 May 2008 12:46:30 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 16 May 2008 12:46:30 -0000 Received: (qmail 78116 invoked by uid 500); 16 May 2008 12:46:32 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-db-derby-dev-archive@db.apache.org Received: (qmail 77894 invoked by uid 500); 16 May 2008 12:46:31 -0000 Mailing-List: contact derby-dev-help@db.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: Delivered-To: mailing list derby-dev@db.apache.org Received: (qmail 77881 invoked by uid 99); 16 May 2008 12:46:31 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 16 May 2008 05:46:31 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2000.0 required=10.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received: from [140.211.11.140] (HELO brutus.apache.org) (140.211.11.140) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 16 May 2008 12:45:34 +0000 Received: from brutus (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by brutus.apache.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1315234C116 for ; Fri, 16 May 2008 05:45:55 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <1735211969.1210941955724.JavaMail.jira@brutus> Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 05:45:55 -0700 (PDT) From: "Knut Anders Hatlen (JIRA)" To: derby-dev@db.apache.org Subject: [jira] Updated: (DERBY-3634) Cannot use row_number() in ORDER BY clause In-Reply-To: <1747973222.1208544261642.JavaMail.jira@brutus> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-3634?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ] Knut Anders Hatlen updated DERBY-3634: -------------------------------------- Summary: Cannot use row_number() in ORDER BY clause (was: Cannot use row_number() in ORDERY BY clause) Fixed typo in summary. > Cannot use row_number() in ORDER BY clause > ------------------------------------------ > > Key: DERBY-3634 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-3634 > Project: Derby > Issue Type: Bug > Components: SQL > Affects Versions: 10.4.1.3 > Reporter: Rick Hillegas > > The following query works correctly: > select abs(a), row_number() over () > from t > where a > 100 and a < 111 > order by abs(a) > I expected the following query to also work, but it raised an exception: > select abs(a), row_number() over () > from t > where a > 100 and a < 111 > order by row_number() over () > This is the error I saw: "ERROR 42X01: Syntax error: Encountered "over" at line 5, column 23". > Here are the reasons why I think that this syntax is supposed to be supported: > According to my reading of the 2003 SQL spec, the ORDER BY clause should be able to sort on any expression in the SELECT list. That includes OLAP expressions. I believe this is so because, according to part 2, section 10.10 (), a can be any and if you follow the grammar for , it can resolve to be a (see section 6.3), which can in turn resolve to be a . This reasoning is supported by tracing the hotlinks on the following page which lays out the SQL 2003 BNF: http://savage.net.au/SQL/sql-2003-2.bnf.html This interpretation is further supported by the example of an ORDER BY clause referencing an OLAP expression which is provided on page 23 of the introduction to OLAP written by Fred Zemke, Krishna Kulkarni, Andy Witkowski, and Bob Lyle: www.cse.iitb.ac.in/dbms/Data/Papers-Other/SQL1999/OLAP-99-154r2.pdf -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.