Re: Please rename split(text,text,int) to splitpart

From: Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com>
To: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)tm(dot)ee>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Please rename split(text,text,int) to splitpart
Date: 2002-09-11 03:28:38
Message-ID: 3D7EB866.9060706@joeconway.com
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Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> I think it should be made. Don't force an initdb. Beta testers can run the
> update. 'split' is a pretty standard function these days...
>

Me too. Patch already sent in, including doc and regression test.

And as I said, I'll take a TODO to create a 'split' which either returns an
array or maybe as an SRF, so the behavior is more like people will be expecting.

Joe

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