| From: | dg(at)illustra(dot)com (David Gould) |
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| To: | hannu(at)trust(dot)ee (Hannu Krosing) |
| Cc: | vadim(at)krs(dot)ru, pgsql-interfaces(at)postgreSQL(dot)org, hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [INTERFACES] Re: [HACKERS] changes in 6.4 |
| Date: | 1998-07-16 18:29:26 |
| Message-ID: | 9807161829.AA16975@hawk.illustra.com |
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> > > hannu-> check (trim(a) <> '' or trim(b) <> ''));
> > > ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "trim"
> >
> > TRIM is keyword, not a function...
> > We have to copy some lines in gram.y
I think that having trim as a keyword is a problem. The primary virtue of
postgres is that everything is either a function or a type and as such is
definable by the user and resolved at runtime. Making a keyword out of a
function spoils that capability.
-dg
David Gould dg(at)illustra(dot)com 510.628.3783 or 510.305.9468
Informix Software (No, really) 300 Lakeside Drive Oakland, CA 94612
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