Re: BUG #1947: Enhancement Request - CONCAT() function

From: "Tony Marston" <tony(at)marston-home(dot)demon(dot)co(dot)uk>
To: "'David Fetter'" <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
Cc: "'Tom Lane'" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "'Jim C(dot) Nasby'" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>, <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: BUG #1947: Enhancement Request - CONCAT() function
Date: 2005-10-09 19:12:07
Message-ID: 000001c5cd05$57793920$c800a8c0@ajmnotebook
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Fetter [mailto:david(at)fetter(dot)org]
> Sent: 09 October 2005 18:20
> To: Tony Marston
> Cc: 'Tom Lane'; 'Jim C. Nasby'; pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [BUGS] BUG #1947: Enhancement Request - CONCAT() function
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 09, 2005 at 11:05:41AM +0100, Tony Marston wrote:
> >
> > > "Jim C. Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com> writes:
> > > > And you might want to make it a project at
> http://pgfoundry.org so
> > > > others can make use of it. You might also want to define it as
> > > > accepting an array; I think that would allow you to accept any
> > > > number of parameters.
> > >
> > > I think Tony is trying to avoid putting in any actual
> work ;-). To
> > > me, the sanest change would be to modify his app to use the
> > > SQL-standard syntax. Which surely is supported by those other
> > > databases too, no? And if not, why are *we* the ones
> getting the bug
> > > report?
> > >
> > > regards, tom lane
> >
> > You are getting this as a bug report for the simple reason
> that your
> > website does not seem to have a method of accepting enhancement
> > requests. That is why I specifically put ENHANCEMENT REQUEST in the
> > description.
>
> I've never seen somebody try so hard to get himself labeled
> as a help-rejecting complainer before. Are you *certain*
> that this is what you want to do, Tony?

I am just responding in kind. If you can't take it then don't dish it out in
the first place.

Tony Marston

http://www.tonymarston.net

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