Re: [HACKERS] Re: [QUESTIONS] is Postgres an SQL-based database? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Re: [QUESTIONS] is Postgres an SQL-based database?
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Msg-id 199802041757.MAA21510@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Re: [QUESTIONS] is Postgres an SQL-based database?  ("Thomas G. Lockhart" <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>)
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> > >      In this release there's a very useful function LENGTH(), thanks to Thomas.
> > >      but it's not SQL. CHARACTER_LENGTH() or CHAR_LENGTH() this is SQL.
> > Perhaps we can translate function names in the parser as we do for type
> > names? I'll look into it...
>
> I have gram.y patches to do this. No visible effect on the regression execution speed,
> which thanks to Bruce is on my machine down to a record 2:23 elapsed execution time;
> the last speeds were in the 2:31 range.
>
> I'm planning on bumping the gram.y cvs version to 2.0 for this change, due to the
> _large_ number of accumulated improvements. Any objections?

Go ahead.  Are there security problems?

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Bruce Momjian
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