Tag: base

Waiting for PostgreSQL 17 – Add to_bin() and to_oct().

On 23rd of August 2023, Nathan Bossart committed patch:

Add to_bin() and to_oct().
 
This commit introduces functions for converting numbers to their
equivalent binary and octal representations.  Also, the base
conversion code for these functions and to_hex() has been moved to
a common helper function.
 
Co-authored-by: Eric Radman
Reviewed-by: Ian Barwick, Dag Lem, Vignesh C, Tom Lane, Peter Eisentraut, Kirk Wolak, Vik Fearing, John Naylor, Dean Rasheed
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/Y6IyTQQ/TsD5wnsH%40vm3.eradman.com

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Waiting for PostgreSQL 16 – Non-decimal integer literals

On 14th of December 2022, Peter Eisentraut committed patch:

Non-decimal integer literals 
 
Add support for hexadecimal, octal, and binary integer literals:
 
    0x42F
    0o273
    0b100101
 
per SQL:202x draft.
 
This adds support in the lexer as well as in the integer type input
functions.
 
Reviewed-by: John Naylor <john.naylor@enterprisedb.com>
Reviewed-by: Zhihong Yu <zyu@yugabyte.com>
Reviewed-by: David Rowley <dgrowleyml@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Dean Rasheed <dean.a.rasheed@gmail.com>
Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/b239564c-cad0-b23e-c57e-166d883cb97d@enterprisedb.com

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Waiting for 8.4 – Default values for function arguments + integer in any base

On 4th of December Peter Eisentraut committed patch by Pavel Stehule (with Peters tweaks) which adds default values for function arguments:

Default values for function arguments
 
Pavel Stehule, with some tweaks by Peter Eisentraut

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