Re: add operator ^= to mean not equal (like != and <>)

> On 10 Aug 2021, at 12:21, David Rowley <dgrowleyml@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 10 Aug 2021 at 21:13, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se> wrote:
>>
>>> On 10 Aug 2021, at 11:10, Andreas Karlsson <andreas@proxel.se> wrote:
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>>> What is he reason you want to add ^= is there any other databases which uses ^= for inequality?
>>
>> I assume it's because of Oracle compatibility which AFAIK is the only database
>> supporting ^=.
>
> Seems likely.
>
> I'm strongly against inheriting warts from Oracle for apparently good
> reason. At the very least, anyone who's using ^= for some other
> purpose is very likely to be upset with us. Anyone else who really
> needs this for compatibility reasons can just create a set of
> operators for themselves.

Agreed, if it’s because of Oracle compatibility then this seems like something
which has a better fit in orafce or a similar extension like that.

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