Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> I like the idea of making concatenation more pretty, quite frankly.
> No one has really responded to Pavel's contention that this is what
> to_char() is for.
[ shrug... ] I regard this as a prettier replacement for to_char.
That thing has got nothing whatsoever to recommend it, other than being
bug-compatible with Oracle.
regards, tom lane