"Andrew Dunstan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Of course, I could parse the string when setting up the buffer looking for > the number of expansions required. Instead I made the (I think reasonable) > assumption that each possible expansion would be wanted at most once.
I think that's a reasonable assumption; the question was just about whether your code acts sanely if the assumption isn't true. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend