Re: LIKE ESCAPE doc fix (was Re: [DOCS] functions-matching - Mailing list pgsql-patches

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I will try to apply it within the next 48 hours.

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Joe Conway wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
> > Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com> writes:
> >
> >>7.2.1 docs:
> >>http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?functions-matching.html#FUNCTIONS-LIKE
> >
> >
> >>" It's also possible to select no escape character by writing ESCAPE ''.
> >>In this case there is no way to turn off the special meaning of
> >>underscore and percent signs in the pattern."
> >
> >
> >>7.3 development docs:
> >>http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/functions-matching.html#FUNCTIONS-LIKE
> >
> >
> >>" It's also possible to select no escape character by writing ESCAPE ''.
> >>This effectively disables the escape mechanism and turns off the special
> >>meaning of underscore and percent signs in the pattern."
> >
> >
> >>I think the former is still correct, isn't it?
> >
> >
> > Yes, as is easily proven by experiment:
> >
> > regression=# select 'foo' LIKE 'f%';
> >  ?column?
> > ----------
> >  t
> > (1 row)
> >
> > regression=# select 'foo' LIKE 'f%' escape '';
> >  ?column?
> > ----------
> >  t
> > (1 row)
> >
> > Who put that change in?
>
> Here's a small doc patch to fix this issue. Please apply.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe
>

> Index: doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /opt/src/cvs/pgsql-server/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml,v
> retrieving revision 1.114
> diff -c -r1.114 func.sgml
> *** doc/src/sgml/func.sgml    21 Aug 2002 05:25:49 -0000    1.114
> --- doc/src/sgml/func.sgml    21 Aug 2002 05:42:49 -0000
> ***************
> *** 2238,2246 ****
>      <para>
>       It's also possible to select no escape character by writing
>       <literal>ESCAPE ''</literal>.  This effectively disables the
> !      escape mechanism and
> !      turns off the special meaning of underscore and percent signs in
> !     the pattern.
>      </para>
>
>      <para>
> --- 2238,2245 ----
>      <para>
>       It's also possible to select no escape character by writing
>       <literal>ESCAPE ''</literal>.  This effectively disables the
> !     escape mechanism, which makes it impossible to turn off the
> !     special meaning of underscore and percent signs in the pattern.
>      </para>
>
>      <para>

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