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From: Jim Nasby <jim@nasby.net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: pauleg.carter@gmail.com
Cc: pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: bit-strings with white space
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2018 22:50:50 -0500
Message-ID: <bc781346-3db9-390a-8b27-71695bc28cbb@nasby.net> (raw)
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	<26418.1524417492@sss.pgh.pa.us>

On 4/22/18 12:18 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> regression=# select 'foo'
>     'bar';
>   ?column?
> ----------
>   foobar
> (1 row)
> 
> Perhaps there's something we could change to make this clearer,
> but I'm not sure what.

I had no idea you could do that. While there's probably some wordy 
description that could explain this, I think an example is probably the 
best bet. Are there any other data types that work like this?
-- 
Jim C. Nasby, Data Architect                       jim@nasby.net
512.569.9461 (cell)                         http://jim.nasby.net




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