Re: [HACKERS] Re: [QUESTIONS] is Postgres an SQL-based database?

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu (Thomas G(dot) Lockhart)
Cc: hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, sferac(at)bo(dot)nettuno(dot)it
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Re: [QUESTIONS] is Postgres an SQL-based database?
Date: 1998-02-04 17:57:48
Message-ID: 199802041757.MAA21510@candle.pha.pa.us
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> > > In this release there's a very useful function LENGTH(), thanks to Thomas.
> > > but it's not SQL. CHARACTER_LENGTH() or CHAR_LENGTH() this is SQL.
> > Perhaps we can translate function names in the parser as we do for type
> > names? I'll look into it...
>
> I have gram.y patches to do this. No visible effect on the regression execution speed,
> which thanks to Bruce is on my machine down to a record 2:23 elapsed execution time;
> the last speeds were in the 2:31 range.
>
> I'm planning on bumping the gram.y cvs version to 2.0 for this change, due to the
> _large_ number of accumulated improvements. Any objections?

Go ahead. Are there security problems?

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Bruce Momjian
maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us

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