- From: Steve Harris <steve.harris@garlik.com>
- Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 07:11:52 +0000
- To: Gregory Williams <greg@evilfunhouse.com>
- Cc: Lee Feigenbaum <lee@thefigtrees.net>, SPARQL Working Group <public-rdf-dawg@w3.org>
On 3 Nov 2010, at 02:42, Gregory Williams <greg@evilfunhouse.com> wrote: > On Nov 2, 2010, at 5:06 PM, Lee Feigenbaum wrote: > >> I believe there are likely three options: >> >> 1) To project grouping expressions, use BIND to alias the expression to a variable and then GROUP BY and project that variable (as above). >> >> 2) Include an AS aliasing mechanism in GROUP BY, allow that alias to be projected in the SELECT clause >> >> 3) Allow SELECT list aliases to be used in the GROUP BY expression >> >> Can people please indicate on the mailing list which direction they'd like us to go on this, and we will then wrap this up on next Tuesday's telecon? > > 3 seems backwards to me -- not really sure how it would work. I currently implement 2 and am happy with it, but 1 would seem to be reasonable also. Agreed that 3 seems odd. Preference for 1 as were going to have that mechanism anyway. Allowing AS in GROUP BY as well seems excessive, and will further complicate the algebra in that area. - Steve
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