[t-ishii@sra.co.jp: Re: Minor hack to support LO string searches]

This points out a need that I haven't really seen addressed --
a PG software contrib archive.

Is there such a thing? Are there any objections to starting such a
thing?

cheers,
--titus

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> Hi, all, at
>
> http://www.idyll.org/~t/www-tools/
>
> you'll find an add-on function to PostgreSQL 6.5.3 that allows one to
> do string searches through large objects.
>
> It's not a terribly good hack, but it works ;).
>
> I do plan on extending this add-on to support regular expressions Real
> Soon.

I already have such functions + operator definitions. I could post
them if there is enough interest.
--
Tatsuo Ishii

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