[docs] Clarify sequence-group behavior when combined with aggregate functions#7420
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[docs] Clarify sequence-group behavior when combined with aggregate functions
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Purpose
Linked issue: related to #5179
Users are frequently confused when
sequence-groupis combined with aggregate functions (e.g.sum,last_non_null_value), expecting it to act as a version filter (records with a smaller sequence value are ignored). However, when aggregate functions are involved, the sequence-group field acts as an ordering key: every record with a non-NULL sequence value participates in the aggregation, regardless of whether its value is larger or smaller than the currently stored one.This PR clarifies the distinction by:
-- a should not be updatedin an existing example, which contradicted the shown output (a=6via sum aggregation).Tests
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This PR itself is a documentation improvement. No additional documentation needed.
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