2009/9/10 Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>:
> Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com> writes:
>> 2009/9/10 Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>:
>>> I think the point of it is that people are used to how sprintf works.
>>> So it should work as nearly like sprintf as possible.
>
>> How sprintf will be print bytea type, or char(n) type values?
>
> Well, that's why it requires some actual thought and agreement on a
> specification --- sprintf just crashes on type mismatches, but perhaps
> the SQL version should be smarter. You shouldn't expect that the
> easiest thing to throw together is going to be considered the most
> desirable solution.
I agree. It's time.
regards
Pavel
>
> regards, tom lane
>
