Re: [HACKERS] string_to_array with empty input

Martin Gainty wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:BLU142-W15179F226ED6BF8A1854D9AE8B0@phx.gbl" type="cite"><style>
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} </style><tt class="LITERAL">Split strings into array elements using provided delimiter<br /><br />
string_to_array('xx~^~yy~^~zz','~^~') <br /> output: </tt><tt class="LITERAL">{xx,yy,zz}</tt><br /><br /><a
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/><br/></blockquote> Sorry thats not the question i'm asking.  <br /><br /> We are debating if it makes sense to change
theoutput in certain cases.  <br /><br /> I'm for not returning nulls or returning zero element array.  <br /><br />
I'masking how is the other better by giving a real world example???  I don't see the plus side at the moment. <br />