Implement SQL99 SIMILAR TO as a synonym for our existing operator "~".
Implement SQL99 regular expression SUBSTRING(string FROM pat FOR escape).
Extend the definition to make the FOR clause optional.
Define textregexsubstr() to actually implement this feature.
Update the regression test to include these new string features.
All tests pass.
Rename the regular expression support routines from "pg95_xxx" to "pg_xxx".
Define CREATE CHARACTER SET in the parser per SQL99. No implementation yet.
in parse error messages, not just the part scanned by the last flex rule.
For example,
select "foo" "bar";
used to draw
ERROR: parser: parse error at or near """
which was rather unhelpful. Now it gives
ERROR: parser: parse error at or near ""bar""
Also, error messages concerning bitstring literals and suchlike will
quote the source text at you, not the processed internal form of the literal.
right, but it failed to get the padding case right.
This was obscured by subsequent application of bpchar() in all but one
regression test case, and that one didn't fail in an obvious way ---
trailing blanks are hard to see. Add another test case to make it
more obvious if it breaks again.
Add additional tests in strings for conversions of the "name" data type.
Test SQL92 string functions such as SUBSTRING() and POSITION().
Fix geometry tests to reflect code fixed by Gautam.
Update error messages.
Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian
Thomas G. Lockhart
Peter Eisentraut
Marc G. Fournier