From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Joachim Wieland <joe(at)mcknight(dot)de>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: small doc patch for regexp_replace |
Date: | 2006-05-18 03:20:39 |
Message-ID: | 200605180320.k4I3Kdb29964@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Seems there is some inconsistency there. There are two types of
> > function listings, one with just the types, and another with param_name
> > and then type. We use "string" instead of "text" because varchar() and
> > char() can also be used.
>
> Where did that come from? The actual functions generally take "text",
> relying on implicit conversions to handle the other types. Since we do
> not have any type named "string", I think the locution <type>string</>
> is a contradiction in terms.
>
> IMHO these should all go back to <type>text</>.
Well, we actually have <parameter>string</> and I got a few wrong. I
have committed the changes. If we want to use <type>text</> instead
of <parameter>string</>, I can make that change too. There are quite a
few of them, like md5(). Yes?
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