Re: MySQL search query is not executing in Postgres DB

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Greg Stark <stark(at)mit(dot)edu>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, premanand <kottiprem(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: MySQL search query is not executing in Postgres DB
Date: 2012-11-27 22:41:19
Message-ID: 5928.1354056079@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> ... I think if you relaxed
> the function sigs of a few functions on this page
> (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.2/interactive/functions-string.html),
> most reported problems would go away.

That's an interesting way of approaching it. Do we have any data on
exactly which functions people do complain about?

> One thing that worries me is introducing ambiguous cases where
> previously there weren't any though.

Right, but at least we'd be confining the ambiguity to a small number
of function names. Tweaking the casting rules could have a lot of
unforeseen consequences.

regards, tom lane

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