Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by developer.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 433F82E005F for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:42:30 -0300 (ADT) Received: from developer.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 24640-09 for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:42:25 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by developer.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D8C32E0043 for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:42:25 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m3H4gMNr009090; Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:42:23 -0400 (EDT) To: Craig Ringer cc: Marcelo Edgardo Paniagua Lizarraga , pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: using string functions on plpgsql In-reply-to: <4806AD39.7010801@postnewspapers.com.au> References: <2ba670e30804161450q68312d25l3e36a98034badbe9@mail.gmail.com> <4806AC34.2050106@postnewspapers.com.au> <4806AD39.7010801@postnewspapers.com.au> Comments: In-reply-to Craig Ringer message dated "Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:51:53 +0800" Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:42:21 -0400 Message-ID: <9089.1208407341@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200804/106 X-Sequence-Number: 30645 Craig Ringer writes: > i = length(texto) >> ^^^ >> >> i := length(texto) > Whoops, I spoke too soon - it seems both are valid for assignment. Has > that always been true? Yeah, it's not documented, but AFAIK plpgsql has always taken both. regards, tom lane