From: | Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com> |
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To: | Robert Haas <rhaas(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Cc: | pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: pgsql: Remove hstore's text => text operator. |
Date: | 2011-11-08 07:38:37 |
Message-ID: | CAA-aLv5pRNyv67v=qHFUR1sS3mh6KW_cDYhvuS65D_e6ZibFJQ@mail.gmail.com |
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On 8 November 2011 02:51, Robert Haas <rhaas(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:
> Remove hstore's text => text operator.
>
> Since PostgreSQL 9.0, we've emitted a warning message when an operator
> named => is created, because the SQL standard now reserves that token
> for another use. But we've also shipped such an operator with hstore.
> Use of the function hstore(text, text) has been recommended in
> preference to =>(text, text). Per discussion, it's now time to take
> the next step and stop shipping the operator. This will allow us to
> prohibit the use of => as an operator name in a future release if and
> when we wish to support the SQL standard use of this token.
>
> The release notes should mention this incompatibility.
>
> Patch by me, reviewed by David Wheeler, Dimitri Fontaine and Tom Lane.
There's a typo here:
+/* contrib/hstore/hstore-1.0-1.1.sql */
Should be:
+/* contrib/hstore/hstore-1.0--1.1.sql */
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