Re: string function - "format" function proposal

A.M. <agentm@themactionfaction.com>

From: "A.M." <agentm@themactionfaction.com>
To: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2010-08-31T21:15:29Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Aug 31, 2010, at 5:07 PM, Pavel Stehule wrote:

> Hello
> 
> attached WIP patch.
> 
> I implement only basic format's tags related to SQL: string, value,
> literal, sql identifier. These tags are basic, but there are not any
> break to implement any other formats or enhance a syntax. The mix with
> to_char function is more complex then I expected - so I don't thinking
> about it for now (there are more then one to_char function).
> 

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It would be pretty handy if plpgsql EXECUTE could operate like this with USING to support identifiers.

Cheers,
M