Re: patch adding new regexp functions

From: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Jeremy Drake <pgsql(at)jdrake(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: Re: patch adding new regexp functions
Date: 2007-02-15 20:10:56
Message-ID: 20070215201056.GE3282@fetter.org
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On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 10:57:45AM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Jeremy Drake wrote:

> > # With a set-returning function, it is possible to add a LIMIT
> > clause, to prevent splitting up more of the string than is
> > necessary.
>
> You can also add such functionality to a function in form of a
> parameter.

That's what things like Perl's split do :)

Cheers,
D
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