Re: BUG #2579: initcap should not capitalize letter

Good point.  It is probably not possible to get=20
it perfect.  But I think that possessives and=20
contractions occur more often in a typical body=20
of text than Irish names.  So it would be right=20
more often, even if it is still wrong some of the time.

         Dan  Franklin

At 03:08 PM 8/17/2006, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
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>On Wed, Aug 16, 2006 at 09:03:08PM +0000, Dan Franklin wrote:
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> > The following bug has been logged online:
> >
> > Bug reference:      2579
> > Logged by:          Dan Franklin
> > Email address:      dfranklin@fen.com
> > PostgreSQL version: 8.1.4
> > Operating system:   GNU/Linux Fedora Core 5
> > Description:        initcap should not capitalize letter after apostrop=
he
> > Details:
> >
> > The statement
> >   select initcap('John''s Parents');
> > returns
> >   John'S Parents
> >
> > The capital "S" after the apostrophe is incorrect.  initcap should cons=
ider
> > the apostrophe to be a word-constituent for the purpose of identifying =
word
> > boundaries at which to start capitalizing.
>
>Hmm. And what about Flann O'Brien?
>
>Tough thing, this.
>
>Regards
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         Dan Franklin
         Family Education Network
         Pearson Education
         617-671-3799=20