Re: row wise comparison broken

Added to TODO:
* Make row-wise comparisons work per SQL spec


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Tom Lane wrote:
> "Merlin Moncure" <merlin.moncure@rcsonline.com> writes:
> > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-performance/2004-07/msg00218.php
> 
> > Still, I think the current behavior is wrong...and is exactly the kind
> > of trick question that a sql compliance benchmark might ask.
> 
> It undoubtedly is wrong.  But it has been wrong forever, or at least
> since Tom Lockhart put in the syntax, back in 1997.  We've gotten few
> complaints --- which means to me that this is not a high-priority bug
> fix.  I think we should leave it as a to-do item for a future release
> cycle, rather than implement some hasty solution for 8.0.
> 
>             regards, tom lane
> 
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