Re: 8i vs 9i: Difference in "group by" ?

Hi Tom, how about the DISTINCT function ? ie select distinct sale_date from sales; Can I avoid a sort here ?
thanks
Robert

>group by NEVER had to sort -- I can give you examples all of the way back
to 7.0
>whereby the group by doesn't sort.
>
>It never had it.
>It never was assured.
>
>The *only* way -- repeat -- the ONLY way to get an ordered result set is
.... to
>use ORDER BY
Received on Mon Jun 03 2002 - 15:41:20 CDT