diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml index 479adc950a..f496fa8800 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/syntax.sgml @@ -1742,11 +1742,16 @@ UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING Here, expression represents any value expression that does not itself contain window function calls. - The PARTITION BY and ORDER BY lists have - essentially the same syntax and semantics as GROUP BY - and ORDER BY clauses of the whole query, except that their + PARTITION BY behaves like a GROUP + BY clause by grouping rows into partitions, except its expressions are always just expressions and cannot be output-column - names or numbers. + names or numbers. ORDER BY behaves similar to a + query-level ORDER BY clause, except it controls the + order rows are supplied to the aggregate function within the window + frame, and with the same expression restrictions. + + + window_name is a reference to a named window specification defined in the query's WINDOW clause. Named window specifications are usually referenced with just @@ -1760,39 +1765,48 @@ UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING page for details. + + In RANGE mode, CURRENT ROW starts with + the current row's first peer that ORDER BY + considers equivalent, and ends with its last equivalent peer. In + ROWS mode, CURRENT ROW simply starts and ends + with the current row. + + + + UNBOUNDED PRECEDING means that the frame + starts with the first row of the partition, and similarly + UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING means that the frame ends with the last + row of the partition. + The value PRECEDING and + value FOLLOWING cases are currently only + allowed in ROWS mode. They indicate that the frame starts + or ends the specified number of rows before or after the current row. + value must be an integer expression not + containing any variables, aggregate functions, or window functions. + The value must not be null or negative; but it can be zero, which + just selects the current row. + + The frame_clause specifies the set of rows constituting the window frame, for those window functions that act on the frame instead of the whole partition. - If frame_end is omitted it defaults to CURRENT - ROW. Restrictions are that + The default framing option is RANGE UNBOUNDED PRECEDING, + which is the same as RANGE BETWEEN UNBOUNDED PRECEDING AND + CURRENT ROW. This sets the frame to be all rows from the partition start + up through the current row's last peer as specified by ORDER BY, + or all partition rows if there is no ORDER BY. + + + + Restrictions are that frame_start cannot be UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING, frame_end cannot be UNBOUNDED PRECEDING, and the frame_end choice cannot appear earlier in the above list than the frame_start choice — for example RANGE BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND value PRECEDING is not allowed. - The default framing option is RANGE UNBOUNDED PRECEDING, - which is the same as RANGE BETWEEN UNBOUNDED PRECEDING AND - CURRENT ROW; it sets the frame to be all rows from the partition start - up through the current row's last peer in the ORDER BY - ordering (which means all rows if there is no ORDER BY). - In general, UNBOUNDED PRECEDING means that the frame - starts with the first row of the partition, and similarly - UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING means that the frame ends with the last - row of the partition (regardless of RANGE or ROWS - mode). In ROWS mode, CURRENT ROW - means that the frame starts or ends with the current row; but in - RANGE mode it means that the frame starts or ends with - the current row's first or last peer in the ORDER BY ordering. - The value PRECEDING and - value FOLLOWING cases are currently only - allowed in ROWS mode. They indicate that the frame starts - or ends with the row that many rows before or after the current row. - value must be an integer expression not - containing any variables, aggregate functions, or window functions. - The value must not be null or negative; but it can be zero, which - selects the current row itself.