Re: PATCH: CITEXT 2.0 v4

David Wheeler <david@kineticode.com>

From: "David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com>
To: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Cc: Michael Paesold <mpaesold@gmx.at>, Robert Treat <xzilla@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: 2008-07-21T18:55:51Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Jul 18, 2008, at 09:53, David E. Wheeler wrote:

> However, if someone with a lot more C and Pg core knowledge wanted  
> to sit down with me for a couple hours next week and help me bang  
> out these functions, that would be great. I'd love to have the  
> implementation be that much more complete.

I've implemented fixes for the regexp_* functions and strpos() in pure  
SQL, like so:

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION regexp_matches( citext, citext ) RETURNS  
TEXT[] AS '
     SELECT regexp_matches( $1::text, $2::text, ''i'' );
' LANGUAGE SQL IMMUTABLE STRICT;

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION regexp_matches( citext, citext, text )  
RETURNS TEXT[] AS '
     SELECT regexp_matches( $1::text, $2::text, CASE WHEN strpos($3,  
''c'') = 0 THEN  $3 || ''i'' ELSE $3 END );
' LANGUAGE SQL IMMUTABLE STRICT;

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION regexp_replace( citext, citext, text )  
returns TEXT AS '
     SELECT regexp_replace( $1::text, $2::text, $3, ''i'');
' LANGUAGE SQL IMMUTABLE STRICT;

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION regexp_replace( citext, citext, text,  
text ) returns TEXT AS '
     SELECT regexp_replace( $1::text, $2::text, $3, CASE WHEN  
strpos($4, ''c'') = 0 THEN  $4 || ''i'' ELSE $4 END);
' LANGUAGE SQL IMMUTABLE STRICT;

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION regexp_split_to_array( citext, citext )  
RETURNS TEXT[] AS '
     SELECT regexp_split_to_array( $1::text, $2::text, ''i'' );
' LANGUAGE SQL IMMUTABLE STRICT;

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION regexp_split_to_array( citext, citext,  
text ) RETURNS TEXT[] AS '
     SELECT regexp_split_to_array( $1::text, $2::text, CASE WHEN  
strpos($3, ''c'') = 0 THEN  $3 || ''i'' ELSE $3 END );
' LANGUAGE SQL IMMUTABLE STRICT;

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION regexp_split_to_table( citext, citext )  
RETURNS SETOF TEXT AS '
     SELECT regexp_split_to_table( $1::text, $2::text, ''i'' );
' LANGUAGE SQL IMMUTABLE STRICT;

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION regexp_split_to_table( citext, citext,  
text ) RETURNS SETOF TEXT AS '
     SELECT regexp_split_to_table( $1::text, $2::text, CASE WHEN  
strpos($3, ''c'') = 0 THEN  $3 || ''i'' ELSE $3 END );
' LANGUAGE SQL IMMUTABLE STRICT;

CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION strpos( citext, citext ) RETURNS INT AS '
     SELECT strpos( LOWER( $1::text ), LOWER( $2::text ) );
' LANGUAGE SQL IMMUTABLE STRICT;

Not so bad, though it'd be nice to have C functions that just did  
these things. Still not case-insensitive are:

-- replace()
-- split_part()
-- translate()

So, anyone at OSCON this week want to help me with these? Or to  
convert the above functions to C? Greg? Bruce?

Thanks,

David