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From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: text + text
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Msg-id 200410081441.23829.peter_e@gmx.net
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In response to text + text  (David Garamond <lists@zara.6.isreserved.com>)
Responses Re: text + text  (David Garamond <lists@zara.6.isreserved.com>)
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Am Freitag, 8. Oktober 2004 12:57 schrieb David Garamond:
> What is "text + text" supposed to do right now?

Nothing.

> What about making "text + text" as an equivalent for "text
> || text"? Most strongly-typed programming languages do this. And MS SQL
> Server too, I think (CMIIW).

What would this gain except for bloat?  It's not like SQL is utterly
compatible with any programming language; users will still have to learn all
the operators anyway.

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Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/

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