| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Richard Harvey Chapman <hchapman(at)3gfp(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: pg_atoi() |
| Date: | 2000-06-29 01:52:12 |
| Message-ID: | 18065.962243532@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Richard Harvey Chapman <hchapman(at)3gfp(dot)com> writes:
> Is there a reason why pg_atoi() was programmed to fail if the entire
> input string is not valid?
> i.e. "109" yields 109, but "109 apples" yields an error.
Because that's what it ought to do, if you ask me ;-).
"109 foo" is not a valid integer value. If you want your app to
accept such things, do your own input parsing and filtering.
A database server should not be lax about what it considers valid
data.
regards, tom lane
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