Jeff, Karl,
Actually, he's confusing 3 functions. See postgresql.org --> user
lounge --> interactive docs --> functions and operators --> string
functions.
-Josh
> You are confusing the syntax of two similar functions:
> position ('substring' in 'string')
> strpos ('string', 'substring').
> I have a feeling that "position" actually calls "strpos", but I am
> guessing
> on that.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: karl@tecc.co.uk [SMTP:karl@tecc.co.uk]
> > Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 9:27 AM
> > To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
> > Subject: position(text,text) function
> >
> > I'm having trouble using the position function, it's a simple
> built-in
> > function.
> >
> > It returns the index of a substring within a main string.
> >
> > But, I just can't get it to work, it always gives this silly parser
> error.
> > I've tried it in a variety of ways with variables instead of
> constants
> > casting
> > to text and using it in other contexts, (ie. in functions, not just
> in a
> > select). What am I doing wrong? Is this not the correct syntax
> for a two
> >
> > argument function?
> >
> > test=# select position('hello','el');
> > ERROR: parser: parse error at or near ","
> >
> >
> > Karl Orbell.
> >
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