Re: Please rename split(text,text,int) to splitpart

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > I am not either.  How do you do the documentation when the function can
> > be called two ways.
> 
> You don't.  There is only one supported name, so that's the only one
> you document.
> 
> > I guess we can give the SQL query to fix it during
> > beta2 _and_ add a regression test to make sure it is fix.  That sounds
> > like a plan.
> 
> That sounds like massive overkill.  Just apply the patch.  We don't need
> to institutionalize a regression test for this.

It would catch people who don't apply the patch.  We could remove the
test after 7.3.  Just an idea.

--  Bruce Momjian                        |  http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us               |  (610)
359-1001+  If your life is a hard drive,     |  13 Roberts Road +  Christ can be your backup.        |  Newtown Square,
Pennsylvania19073