What do people think if this change?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/faq.html
