Re: [QUESTIONS] Using % in a query

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: lockhart(at)alumni(dot)caltech(dot)edu (Thomas G(dot) Lockhart)
Cc: hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [QUESTIONS] Using % in a query
Date: 1998-03-27 04:25:01
Message-ID: 199803270426.XAA04802@candle.pha.pa.us
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>
> > Gee, I saw I put the file on my postgresql account, but probably
> > forgot to install it. Sorry. Would have been nice to get it into
> > 6.3.1 too.
>
> Well, I had mixed feelings about that anyway, since it hadn't been field
> tested. I'll apply it along with the type conversion mods I'm working
> on. btw, I already have working code for automatic conversions of
> function arguments, moving on to operators next. Examples follow...
>
> - Tom
>
> -- this input is automatically converted to float8...
> postgres=> select dsqrt(2);
> dsqrt
> ---------------
> 1.4142135623731
> (1 row)

This is great. I had wanted to do this, but my head hurts every time I
study it. Good job.

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