Richard,

> The goal is to have
>
> locate( stra, strb) = position(strb in stra)

Also, this will run faster if you do it as a SQL function:

CREATE FUNCTION locate ( text, text ) RETURNS INT AS '
SELECT POSITION($2, $1);
' LANGUAGE SQL IMMUTABLE STRICT;

-- 
Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco

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