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Re: Drop one-argument string_agg? (was Re: [BUGS] string_agg delimiter having no effect with order by) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Drop one-argument string_agg? (was Re: [BUGS] string_agg delimiter having no effect with order by)
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In response to Re: Drop one-argument string_agg? (was Re: [BUGS] string_agg delimiter having no effect with order by)  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: Drop one-argument string_agg? (was Re: [BUGS] string_agg delimiter having no effect with order by)  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> I vote against this patch.  There are plenty of other places that SQL is
> confusing, and this move seems excessive to me, and I find the
> functionality that is proposed for removal quite useful.

Huh?  The functionality proposed for removal is only that of omitting an
explicit delimiter argument for string_agg().  Since the default value
(an empty string) doesn't seem to be the right thing all that often
anyway, I'm not following why you think this is a significant downgrade.
        regards, tom lane

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