Re: [HACKERS] regexp_replace

On Tuesday 07 June 2005 10:57, David Fetter wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 10:27:28PM +0900, Atsushi Ogawa wrote:
> > My idea is opposite. I think that the regexp_replace() should make
> > "replace all" a default. Because the replace() of pgsql replaces all
> > string, and regexp_replace() of oracle10g is also similar.
>
> I respectfully disagree. Although Oracle does things this way, no
> other regular expression search and replace does. Historically, you
> can find that "Oracle does it this way" is not a reason why we would
> do it. Text editors, programming languages, etc., etc. do "replace
> the first" by default and "replace globally" only when told to.
>

You don't think it will be confusing to have a function called replace which
replaces all occurrences and a function called regex_replace which only
replaces the first occurance? There's something to be said for consitancy
within pgsql itself.

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Robert Treat
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