Mariel Cherkassky <mariel.cherkassky@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > In my query I wrapped the columns with distinct : distinct (extract year... > , extract quarter..). > In your query you didnt wrap the columns with distinct but you just > mentioned it. I guess this is the difference, thanks ! Yeah. DISTINCT does not have an argument, it's just a keyword you can stick in after SELECT. So what you had as the select's targetlist was (expr,expr), which is read as an implicit row constructor, that is the same as ROW(expr,expr). One of many arguably not-well-designed things about SQL syntax :-( regards, tom lane