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Re: hstore ==> and deprecate =>

Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>

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From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: "David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com>, Florian Pflug <fgp@phlo.org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Michael Glaesemann <grzm@seespotcode.net>, Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2010-06-12T17:28:06Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Tom Lane wrote:
> I notice that in 8.4 and before, the function underlying text => text
> wasn't called hstore() but tconvert().  Which is going to be a serious
> PITA for anyone who wants to write cross-version-compatible SQL using
> hstore.  Can we do anything about this?  I don't think we want to revert
> to calling it tconvert().  Can we retroactively add the alternate name
> hstore() to previous versions, and suggest that people do that manually
> in existing hstore installations?

In general, I don't think we make enough use of supplying
backward-compatible SQL scripts to fix things, so +1.  Let's use the
object-relational features we have to make things easier for users.

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