Re: String function page incorrect?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Jonathan Ellis" <jellis(at)advocast(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: String function page incorrect?
Date: 2000-11-30 23:05:42
Message-ID: 26096.975625542@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Jonathan Ellis" <jellis(at)advocast(dot)com> writes:
> 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!

Yeah, that seems to be a few versions out of date :-(

The page should probably refer to "strpos", which is the true function
name:

play=> select strpos('high','ig');
strpos
--------
2
(1 row)

You can also use the SQL92 POSITION syntax:

play=> select position('ig' in 'high');
strpos
--------
2
(1 row)

regards, tom lane

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