Re: [SPAM] 10gR2 Upgrade .. Watch out

  • From: "GovindanK" <gkatteri@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "oracle-l" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 15:21:32 -0800

Yes .. it did expose bug in the application code .. some developers did
not put the order by clause explicitly .. That is exactly the reason why
i am posting it here .. so that one will do  a "pre-upgrade" check of
their code .. 

On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 16:16:21 -0700, "Wolfgang Breitling"
<breitliw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> As far as I'm concerned it merely exposes a bug in your application 
> code, relying on group by to return the result set in a certain 
> order. Just because it happens to work in some cases (here Oracle pre 
> 10gR2) does not make it the default behaviour. It was just a side 
> effect of an implementation detail. The default behaviour is that 
> without the order by caluse Oracle can return the resultset in any 
> order it darn well pleases, including in the group by order, but it 
> doesn't have to. And Oracle warned all along not to rely on it.
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Wolfgang Breitling
> Centrex Consulting Corporation
> www.centrexcc.com 
> 
> 
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