Re: idea for concurrent seqscans

On Fri, Feb 25, 2005 at 01:30:57PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Jeff Davis <jdavis-pgsql@empires.org> writes:
> > I didn't consider that. Is there a reason the regression tests assume
> > the results will be returned in a certain order (or a consistent order)?
> 
> We use diff as the checking tool.

Doesn't the SQL spec specifically state that the only time you'll get
results in a deterministic order is if you use ORDER BY? Assuming
otherwise seems a bad idea (though at least in the case of testing it
makes the test more strenuous rather than less...)
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