| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | "David E(dot) Wheeler" <david(at)kineticode(dot)com>, Florian Pflug <fgp(at)phlo(dot)org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Michael Glaesemann <grzm(at)seespotcode(dot)net>, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: hstore ==> and deprecate => |
| Date: | 2010-06-12 17:28:06 |
| Message-ID: | 201006121728.o5CHS6b24850@momjian.us |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> I notice that in 8.4 and before, the function underlying text => text
> wasn't called hstore() but tconvert(). Which is going to be a serious
> PITA for anyone who wants to write cross-version-compatible SQL using
> hstore. Can we do anything about this? I don't think we want to revert
> to calling it tconvert(). Can we retroactively add the alternate name
> hstore() to previous versions, and suggest that people do that manually
> in existing hstore installations?
In general, I don't think we make enough use of supplying
backward-compatible SQL scripts to fix things, so +1. Let's use the
object-relational features we have to make things easier for users.
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Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com
+ None of us is going to be here forever. +
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