Re: diff-/patch-functionality for text-type data inside PostgreSQL

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Markus Wollny" <Markus(dot)Wollny(at)computec(dot)de>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: diff-/patch-functionality for text-type data inside PostgreSQL
Date: 2009-05-04 13:03:33
Message-ID: 27901.1241442213@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Markus Wollny" <Markus(dot)Wollny(at)computec(dot)de> writes:
> So far I have been playing around with PL/PerlU for diff/path
> functionality, using CPAN modules Text::Diff and Text::Patch, but
> haven't been too successful, as there seems to be some issue with this
> mechanism if the text data doesn't contain newlines.

Almost all diff/patch functions operate line-by-line, so that hardly
seems surprising.

regards, tom lane

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