On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 11:48:19AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > As of a couple years ago, the regular text = operator only yields true > for bitwise-equal strings, so we could perhaps drop ~=~ and use = in its > place. But I'd be worried about breaking existing queries that expect > the strangely-named operator to be there. ok. fair enough. it's clearer now. best regards, depesz -- quicksil1er: "postgres is excellent, but like any DB it requires a highly paid DBA. here's my CV!" :) http://www.depesz.com/ - blog dla ciebie (i moje CV) ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly