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  1. MariaDB Server
  2. MDEV-4561

GROUP BY on a view does not sort properly

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    • Bug
    • Status: Closed (View Workflow)
    • Minor
    • Resolution: Not a Bug
    • 5.5.30
    • 5.5.32
    • None
    • None
    • Fedora 18

    Description

      DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1;
      DROP VIEW IF EXISTS v1;
      CREATE TABLE t1 (name VARCHAR(32), race VARCHAR(32), number INT); 
      INSERT INTO t1 VALUES ('Bill','cat',1),('Donald','dog', 1),('Donald','fish',3),('John','dog',2),('Kevin','bird',6),('Kevin','cat',2),('Lisbeth','rabbit',2),('Mary','cat',1),('Mary','dog',1);
      CREATE VIEW v1 AS SELECT * FROM t1 ORDER BY race;
      SELECT name,race,sum(number) FROM t1 GROUP BY name,race;
      SELECT name,race,sum(number) FROM v1 GROUP BY name,race;

      The first SELECT query (from the table) returns results sorted by
      name,race as expected:

      +---------+--------+-------------+
      | name    | race   | sum(number) |
      +---------+--------+-------------+
      | Bill    | cat    |           1 |
      | Donald  | dog    |           1 |
      | Donald  | fish   |           3 |
      | John    | dog    |           2 |
      | Kevin   | bird   |           6 |
      | Kevin   | cat    |           2 |
      | Lisbeth | rabbit |           2 |
      | Mary    | cat    |           1 |
      | Mary    | dog    |           1 |
      +---------+--------+-------------+

      The second SELECT (from the view) sorts results by race:

      +---------+--------+-------------+
      | name    | race   | sum(number) |
      +---------+--------+-------------+
      | Kevin   | bird   |           6 |
      | Bill    | cat    |           1 |
      | Mary    | cat    |           1 |
      | Kevin   | cat    |           2 |
      | John    | dog    |           2 |
      | Donald  | dog    |           1 |
      | Mary    | dog    |           1 |
      | Donald  | fish   |           3 |
      | Lisbeth | rabbit |           2 |
      +---------+--------+-------------+

      This looks like a bug.

      According to the manual, a GROUP BY query should sort
      by the groupping fields by default, unless ORDER BY NULL
      is specified.

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            sanja Oleksandr Byelkin
            bar Alexander Barkov
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