Re: Overloading || ( text,text ) operator

Suresh Tri wrote:
>
> But when I try to drop the existing || operator, I get the following
> error
> ERROR: cannot drop operator ||(text,text) because it is required by
> the database system
>
> Also I cannot modify the application which runs over the database.
> Hence I cannot overload || (varchar,varchar) and use it.
>
> Is there any way of overloading the || operator , such that it behaves
> like Oracle? ( I know that Oracle behaviour is wrong , but my aim is
> to move an existing application which runs on Oracle to Postgres :-(
> )

Your best bet might be to define your own type "oraclevarchar" with stub
implementations of most functions/operators except those you want to
oracle-ise.

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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd