Ron <ronljohnsonjr@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 5/29/19 8:26 AM, Tom Lane wrote: >> This doesn't explicitly talk about triggers, but I think our attitude >> about the case you're discussing is that the results are unspecified. >> If a trigger fired in one WITH arm tries to look at the table(s) >> modified by other WITH arms, it might or might not see those changes. > Are CTEs still optimization fences? > https://www.2ndquadrant.com/en/blog/postgresql-ctes-are-optimization-fences/ Yes, if they contain data-modifying statements ... but that's not relevant to the point at hand, which is that the run-time behavior is not specified. regards, tom lane