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

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...

Chris

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-hackers-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
> [mailto:pgsql-hackers-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org]On Behalf Of Bruce Momjian
> Sent: Wednesday, 11 September 2002 10:33 AM
> To: Hannu Krosing
> Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Please rename split(text,text,int) to splitpart
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> What do people think if this change?
>
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> Hannu Krosing wrote:
> >
> > It seems that my last mail on this did not get through to the list ;(
> >
> >
> >
> > Please consider renaming the new builtin function
> >
> > split(text,text,int)
> >
> > to something else, perhaps
> >
> > split_part(text,text,int)
> >
> > (like date_part)
> >
> > The reason for this request is that 3 most popular scripting languages
> > (perl, python, php) all have also a function with similar signature, but
> > returning an array instead of single element and the (optional) third
> > argument is limit (maximum number of splits to perform)
> >
> > I think that it would be good to have similar function in (some future
> > release of) postgres, but if we now let in a function with same name and
> > arguments but returning a single string instead an array of them, then
> > we will need to invent a new and not so easy to recognise name for the
> > "real" split function.
> >
> > ----------------
> > Hannu
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