| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: RfD: more powerful "any" types |
| Date: | 2009-09-11 15:29:22 |
| Message-ID: | 20897.1252682962@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I like the idea of making concatenation more pretty, quite frankly.
> No one has really responded to Pavel's contention that this is what
> to_char() is for.
[ shrug... ] I regard this as a prettier replacement for to_char.
That thing has got nothing whatsoever to recommend it, other than being
bug-compatible with Oracle.
regards, tom lane
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