Re: string function - "format" function proposal

From: "A(dot)M(dot)" <agentm(at)themactionfaction(dot)com>
To: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: string function - "format" function proposal
Date: 2010-08-31 21:15:29
Message-ID: 125900C5-7958-4761-A938-124CE2C585AC@themactionfaction.com
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On Aug 31, 2010, at 5:07 PM, Pavel Stehule wrote:

> Hello
>
> attached WIP patch.
>
> I implement only basic format's tags related to SQL: string, value,
> literal, sql identifier. These tags are basic, but there are not any
> break to implement any other formats or enhance a syntax. The mix with
> to_char function is more complex then I expected - so I don't thinking
> about it for now (there are more then one to_char function).
>

<snip>

It would be pretty handy if plpgsql EXECUTE could operate like this with USING to support identifiers.

Cheers,
M

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