diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/advanced.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/advanced.sgml index 11859b4e30fa50301c859003af602e3d2c3a90d6..218988e0afc1173f8dba69f4e8f5ba7fdbcaaf31 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/advanced.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/advanced.sgml @@ -383,10 +383,10 @@ SELECT depname, empno, salary, avg(salary) OVER (PARTITION BY depname) FROM emps </para> <para> - Although <function>avg</> will produce the same result no matter - what order it processes the partition's rows in, this is not true of all - window functions. When needed, you can control that order using - <literal>ORDER BY</> within <literal>OVER</>. Here is an example: + You can also control the order in which rows are processed by + window functions using <literal>ORDER BY</> within <literal>OVER</>. + (The window <literal>ORDER BY</> does not even have to match the + order in which the rows are output.) Here is an example: <programlisting> SELECT depname, empno, salary, rank() OVER (PARTITION BY depname ORDER BY salary DESC) FROM empsalary;