| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tony Marston <tony(at)marston-home(dot)demon(dot)co(dot)uk> |
| Cc: | "'David Fetter'" <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: BUG #1947: Enhancement Request - CONCAT() function |
| Date: | 2005-10-10 14:43:43 |
| Message-ID: | 200510101443.j9AEhhH22146@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Tony Marston wrote:
> > which Oracle supports and MySQL can be made to support via a
> > runtime option.
>
> They also both support CONCAT() because there are sometimes difficulties in
> dealing with vertical bars in the character sets used by certain operating
> systems and file systems. If enough database vendors offer it then it becmes
> a "de facto" standard.
I have never heard of problems with vertical bars in any of those
settings. Can you elaborate? I don't see how operating systems and
file system character sets relate to SQL query characters.
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