> On Jan 28, 2023, at 11:29, Miles Elam <miles.elam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Why does this error result? While the standard order of operations is to evaluate the WHERE before the SELECT list, it's not guaranteed to result in short-cut execution. In particular, constant folding happens very early in the processing of a query, well before the WHERE clause is evaluated: xof=# SELECT 1/0 WHERE FALSE; ERROR: division by zero