Hi,
I'm writing an application with a lot of PL/pgSQL and am constructing
SQL queries on the fly. The quote_literal() and quote_ident() functions
proved very much needed. Similarly, I need functions that return the SQL
representation of all the other datatypes, not just TEXT: quote_boolean
(), quote_date() and so on. For the sake of completeness I think these
functions should exist. While the use of to_char() resp. decode() for
some types is possible, it does feel like a workaround to me. Opinions?
Do these functions belong in the PostgreSQL core?
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Markus Bertheau ☭ <twanger@bluetwanger.de>