Re: SELECT DISTINCT ON bug?

Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
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> Drop the comma after the distinct on.
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> SELECT distinct on(dai_genres.id) dsc from dai_genres,

Ok, that worked. But accroding to "\h select" the syntax is:

SELECT [ ALL | DISTINCT [ ON ( expression [, ...] ) ] ]
     * | expression [ AS output_name ] [, ...]


I gather that to mean SELECT DISTINCT ON (*) , ...

Is the syntax give by "\h select" wrong or am I misinterpreting it?

Thanks,

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Jean-Christian Imbeault