Re: Review: listagg aggregate

2010/1/25 Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>:
> Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> 2010/1/25 Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>:
>>> xmlagg -> concatenates values to form xml datum
>>> array_agg -> concatenates values to form array datum
>>> ??? -> concatenates values to form string datum
>>>
>>> So it's pretty clear that listagg does not fit into this scheme.
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>> when you define list as text domain, then this the name is correct.
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> IOW, if you define away the problem then there's no problem?
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> I agree that "list" is a terrible choice of name here.  "string_agg"
> seemed reasonable and in keeping with the standardized "array_agg".

actualised patch - the name is string_agg

regards
Pavel Stehule

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>                        regards, tom lane
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