String function page incorrect?

From: "Jonathan Ellis" <jellis(at)advocast(dot)com>
To: <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: String function page incorrect?
Date: 2000-11-30 19:40:01
Message-ID: 017c01c05b05$5729dfa0$0d00a8c0@dsl.inconnect.com
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I'm trying to find the correct function that returns the location of a
substring within a string. Looking at
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/user/x2731.htm, it gives the Function name as
"textpos" but in the Example column it uses "position". But neither one
works!

bf2=# select position('high', 'ig');
ERROR: parser: parse error at or near ","

bf2=# select textpos('high', 'ig');
ERROR: Function 'textpos(unknown, unknown)' does not exist
Unable to identify a function that satisfies the given argument types
You may need to add explicit typecasts

bf2=# select textpos(text('high'), text('ig'));
ERROR: Function 'textpos(text, text)' does not exist
Unable to identify a function that satisfies the given argument types
You may need to add explicit typecasts

???

-Jonathan

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