Re: [HACKERS] string_to_array with empty input - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [HACKERS] string_to_array with empty input
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Msg-id 14230.1238698257@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] string_to_array with empty input  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] string_to_array with empty input  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> If there's a camp that actually *wants* a NULL result for this case,
>> I missed the reasoning.

> So that we don't break existing apps because of an issue that is
> trivial to work around.

We would only be breaking them if a NULL result were actually the
correct behavior for the application's requirements, which seems
a bit unlikely.

            regards, tom lane

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