Re: BUG #1947: Enhancement Request - CONCAT() function

On Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 12:39:40PM +0100, Tony Marston wrote:
>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference:      1947
> Logged by:          Tony Marston
> Email address:      tony@marston-home.demon.co.uk
> PostgreSQL version: 8.0.3
> Operating system:   Windows XP
> Description:        Enhancement Request - CONCAT() function
> Details:
>
> I would like the option to use CONCAT(field1, ' ', field2) instead
> of the vertical bar syntax (field1 || ' ' || field2) as this is also
> available in other popular databases (MySQL, ORACLE). I am trying to
> develop applications which are daabase independent, so the use of
> common SQL syntax is very important.

Fix your application so that it uses the SQL standard ||, which Oracle
supports and MySQL can be made to support via a runtime option.

Also, before deciding that you must support multiple back-end
databases, please look over this presentation

http://www.powerpostgresql.com/Downloads/database_depends_public.swf

and see whether this is really a road you want to travel.

Cheers,
D
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