Re: String function page incorrect?

Jonathan Ellis wrote:
>
> I'm trying to find the correct function that returns the location of a
> substring within a string. Looking at
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/user/x2731.htm, it gives the Function name as
> "textpos" but in the Example column it uses "position". But neither one
> works!
>
> bf2=# select position('high', 'ig');
> ERROR: parser: parse error at or near ","

You need SELECT position('ig' in 'high');

lbn=# select position('ig' in 'high');
strpos
--------
2
(1 row)

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