[DOCS] Clarification in create_function.sgml

2003-10-21 Thread Oliver Elphick
It is necessary for single quotes and backslashes in a function definition to be escaped, but the reference page does not make this clear. diff -c -r1.52 create_function.sgml *** create_function.sgml11 Sep 2003 21:42:20 - 1.52 --- create_function.sgml21 Oct 2003 10:10:08

Re: [DOCS] Clarification in create_function.sgml

2003-10-21 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Oliver Elphick writes: > It is necessary for single quotes and backslashes in a function > definition to be escaped, but the reference page does not make this > clear. This ought to be implicit in it being a string literal. -- Peter Eisentraut [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---(e

Re: [DOCS] Clarification in create_function.sgml

2003-10-21 Thread Oliver Elphick
On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 17:42, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Oliver Elphick writes: > > > It is necessary for single quotes and backslashes in a function > > definition to be escaped, but the reference page does not make this > > clear. > > This ought to be implicit in it being a string literal. Yes,

Re: [DOCS] Clarification in create_function.sgml

2003-10-21 Thread Tom Lane
Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Oliver Elphick writes: >> It is necessary for single quotes and backslashes in a function >> definition to be escaped, but the reference page does not make this >> clear. > This ought to be implicit in it being a string literal. It is mentioned in ma

Re: [DOCS] Clarification in create_function.sgml

2003-10-21 Thread Josh Berkus
Oliver, Peter, > It took a fairly lengthy correspondence to convince one bug reporter > that there was no bug; spelling it out for him in the reference would > have helped. +1; we need things spelled out. -- Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco ---(end of

[DOCS] Where's the line between "extension" and "development"?

2003-10-21 Thread Tom Lane
I am thinking about moving chapter 34 (Index Cost Estimation Functions) and section 33.9 (Procedural Language Handlers) out of Part V (Server Programming) and into Part VII (Internals), on the grounds that they are only of interest to hard-core developers. The other stuff in Server Programming is