Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
> On 8/5/10 12:18 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
>> Could we arrange to emit this error message only when there is an
>> aggregate with the same name but different arguments?
> Personally, I don't see this as really necessary. Just mentioning ORDER
> BY in the hint will be enough to give people the right place to look.
I suppose Robert is more concerned about the possibility that we emit
the ORDER BY hint when that isn't really the source of the problem.
But after all, the reason it's a hint and not the primary error message
is that it's not certain to be helpful.
regards, tom lane