Hello
this patch contains a string formatting function "format"
postgres=# select format('some message: % (current user: %)',
current_date, current_user);
format
------------------------------------------------
some message: 2010-03-09 (current user: pavel)
(1 row)
this patch add new contrib module string functions - contains mainly
sprintf function:
postgres=# select sprintf('some message: %10s (%10s)', current_date,
current_user);
sprintf
---------------------------------------
some message: 2010-03-09 ( pavel)
(1 row)
postgres=# select sprintf('some message: %10s (%-10s)', current_date,
current_user);
sprintf
---------------------------------------
some message: 2010-03-09 (pavel )
(1 row)
some string variadic functions
postgres=# select concat('ahaha',10,null,current_date, true);
concat
------------------------
ahaha,10,,2010-03-09,t
(1 row)
postgres=# select concat_sql('ahaha',10,null,current_date, true);
concat_sql
--------------------------------
'ahaha',10,NULL,'2010-03-09',t
(1 row)
postgres=# select concat_json('ahaha'::text,10,null,current_date, true);
concat_json
-----------------------------------
"ahaha",10,null,"2010-03-09",true
(1 row)
and some basic text function rvrs, left, right.
Regards
Pavel Stehule
