Re: MySQL search query is not executing in Postgres DB

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Greg Stark <stark(at)mit(dot)edu>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, premanand <kottiprem(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: MySQL search query is not executing in Postgres DB
Date: 2012-11-21 14:42:21
Message-ID: CA+TgmoaS6Z-=Mq-vw+kcsY512z8QOhi8_GXbfSFtF2EcwVyMvw@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 6:19 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-11-06 at 10:57 -0500, Robert Haas wrote:
>> But, with the attached patch:
>>
>> rhaas=# create function xyz(smallint) returns smallint as $$select
>> $1$$ language sql;
>> CREATE FUNCTION
>> rhaas=# select xyz(5);
>> xyz
>> -----
>> 5
>> (1 row)
>>
>> rhaas=# create table abc (a int);
>> CREATE TABLE
>> rhaas=# select lpad(a, 5, '0') from abc;
>> lpad
>> ------
>> (0 rows)
>
> I continue to be of the opinion that allowing this second case to work
> is not desirable.

1. Why?

2. What's your counter-proposal?

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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

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