When was 8.3 released? But for today I could do string_to_array(regexp_replace(description, E'\\s+', ' '), ' ') as desc
and get what I need to survive. Many thanks for all the replys. Would not have made progress on this by myself. kd -----Original Message----- From: Scott Marlowe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 5:35 PM To: Kevin Duffy Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org; Frank Bax Subject: Re: [SQL] variables with SELECT statement On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Kevin Duffy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No looks like I have 8.2 I can attest that all of 8.3's performance improvements as well all of the really useful new functions like the one mentioned here make it well worth the effort to upgrade. I haven't been as excited about a pgsql version since vacuum (regular) was invented. -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql