This is a set of single row character functions, defined for the datatype

text, which are supposed to behave exactly as their Oracle counterparts.

From: Edmund Mergl <E.Mergl@bawue.de>

src/backend/utils/adt/Makefile

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #    Makefile for utils/adt
 #
 # IDENTIFICATION
-#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/Makefile,v 1.3 1996/11/06 10:30:35 scrappy Exp $
+#    $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/utils/adt/Makefile,v 1.4 1997/03/04 05:32:04 scrappy Exp $
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ CFLAGS+=$(INCLUDE_OPT)
 OBJS = acl.o arrayfuncs.o arrayutils.o bool.o char.o chunk.o date.o \
 	datum.o dt.o filename.o float.o geo-ops.o geo-selfuncs.o int.o \
 	misc.o nabstime.o name.o not_in.o numutils.o oid.o \
-	oidname.o oidint2.o oidint4.o regexp.o regproc.o selfuncs.o \
+	oidname.o oidint2.o oidint4.o oracle_compat.o \
+	regexp.o regproc.o selfuncs.o \
 	tid.o varchar.o varlena.o sets.o datetimes.o like.o
 
 all: SUBSYS.o

src/backend/utils/adt/oracle_compat.c

+/*
+ *  Edmund Mergl <E.Mergl@bawue.de>
+ *
+ *  $Id: oracle_compat.c,v 1.1 1997/03/04 05:32:06 scrappy Exp $
+ *
+ */
+
+
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include "postgres.h"
+
+
+/********************************************************************
+ *
+ * lower
+ *
+ * Syntax:
+ *
+ *   text *lower(text *string)
+ *
+ * Purpose:
+ *
+ *   Returns string, with all letters forced to lowercase.
+ *
+ ********************************************************************/
+
+text *
+lower(text *string)
+{
+  char *ptr;
+  int m;
+
+  m = VARSIZE(string) - VARHDRSZ;
+
+  if (m <= 0) {
+    return string;
+  }
+
+  ptr = VARDATA(string);
+
+  while (m--) {
+    *ptr = tolower(*ptr);
+    ++ptr;
+  }
+
+  return string;
+}
+
+
+/********************************************************************
+ *
+ * upper
+ *
+ * Syntax:
+ *
+ *   text *upper(text *string)
+ *
+ * Purpose:
+ *
+ *   Returns string, with all letters forced to uppercase.
+ *
+ ********************************************************************/
+
+text *
+upper(text *string)
+{
+  char *ptr;
+  int m;
+
+  m = VARSIZE(string) - VARHDRSZ;
+
+  if (m <= 0) {
+    return string;
+  }
+
+  ptr = VARDATA(string);
+
+  while (m--) {
+    *ptr = toupper(*ptr);
+    ++ptr;
+  }
+
+  return string;
+}
+
+
+/********************************************************************
+ *
+ * initcap
+ *
+ * Syntax:
+ *
+ *   text *initcap(text *string)
+ *
+ * Purpose:
+ *
+ *   Returns string, with first letter of each word in uppercase,
+ *   all other letters in lowercase. A word is delimited by white
+ *   space.
+ *
+ ********************************************************************/
+
+text *
+initcap(text *string)
+{
+  char *ptr;
+  int m;
+
+  m = VARSIZE(string) - VARHDRSZ;
+
+  if (m <= 0) {
+    return string;
+  }
+
+  ptr = VARDATA(string);
+
+  *ptr = toupper(*ptr);
+  ++ptr;
+  --m;
+
+  while (m--) {
+    if (*(ptr - 1) == ' ' || *(ptr - 1) == '	') {
+      *ptr = toupper(*ptr);
+    } else {
+      *ptr = tolower(*ptr);
+    }
+    ++ptr;
+  }
+
+  return string;
+}
+
+
+/********************************************************************
+ *
+ * lpad
+ *
+ * Syntax:
+ *
+ *   text *lpad(text *string1, int4 len, text *string2)
+ *
+ * Purpose:
+ *
+ *   Returns string1, left-padded to length len with the sequence of
+ *   characters in string2.
+ *
+ ********************************************************************/
+
+text *
+lpad(text *string1, int4 len, text *string2)
+{
+  text *ret;
+  char *ptr, *ptr1, *ptr2;
+  int m, n;
+
+  m = len - VARSIZE(string1) + VARHDRSZ;
+
+  if (m <= 0 || (VARSIZE(string2) - VARHDRSZ) <= 0) {
+    return string1;
+  }
+
+  ret = (text *)malloc(VARHDRSZ + len);
+  VARSIZE(ret) = VARHDRSZ + len;
+
+  ptr   = VARDATA(ret);
+  ptr2  = VARDATA(string2);
+
+  while (m--) {
+    *ptr++ = *ptr2;
+    ptr2 = ptr2 == VARDATA(string2) + VARSIZE(string2) - VARHDRSZ - 1 ? VARDATA(string2) : ++ptr2;
+  }
+
+  n    = VARSIZE(string1) - VARHDRSZ;
+  ptr1 = VARDATA(string1);
+
+  while (n--) {
+    *ptr++ = *ptr1++;
+  }
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+
+/********************************************************************
+ *
+ * rpad
+ *
+ * Syntax:
+ *
+ *   text *rpad(text *string1, int4 len, text *string2)
+ *
+ * Purpose:
+ *
+ *   Returns string1, right-padded to length len with the sequence of
+ *   characters in string2.
+ *
+ ********************************************************************/
+
+text *
+rpad(text *string1, int4 len, text *string2)
+{
+  text *ret;
+  char *ptr, *ptr1, *ptr2;
+  int m, n;
+
+  m = len - VARSIZE(string1) + VARHDRSZ;
+
+  if (m <= 0 || (VARSIZE(string2) - VARHDRSZ) <= 0) {
+    return string1;
+  }
+
+  ret = (text *)malloc(VARHDRSZ + len);
+  VARSIZE(ret) = VARHDRSZ + len;
+
+  n    = VARSIZE(string1) - VARHDRSZ;
+  ptr  = VARDATA(ret);
+  ptr1 = VARDATA(string1);
+
+  while (n--) {
+    *ptr++ = *ptr1++;
+  }
+
+  ptr2  = VARDATA(string2);
+
+  while (m--) {
+    *ptr++ = *ptr2;
+    ptr2 = ptr2 == VARDATA(string2) + VARSIZE(string2) - VARHDRSZ - 1 ? VARDATA(string2) : ++ptr2;
+  }
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
+
+/********************************************************************
+ *
+ * ltrim
+ *
+ * Syntax:
+ *
+ *   text *ltrim(text *string, text *set)
+ *
+ * Purpose:
+ *
+ *   Returns string with initial characters removed up to the first
+ *   character not in set.
+ *
+ ********************************************************************/
+
+text *
+ltrim(text *string, text *set)
+{
+  char *ptr, *ptr2, *end2;
+  int m;
+
+  m = VARSIZE(string) - VARHDRSZ;
+
+  if (m <= 0 || VARSIZE(set) - VARHDRSZ <= 0) {
+    return string;
+  }
+
+  ptr  = VARDATA(string);
+  ptr2 = VARDATA(set);
+  end2 = VARDATA(set) + VARSIZE(set) - VARHDRSZ - 1;
+  
+  while (m--) {
+    while (ptr2 <= end2) {
+      if (*ptr == *ptr2) {
+        break;
+      }
+      ++ptr2;
+    }
+    if (*ptr != *ptr2) {
+      break;
+    }
+    ++ptr;
+    ptr2 = VARDATA(set);
+  }
+
+  m    = VARDATA(string) + VARSIZE(string) - VARHDRSZ - ptr + 1;
+  ptr2 = VARDATA(string);
+
+  while (m--) {
+    *ptr2++ = *ptr++;
+  }
+
+  VARSIZE(string) -= ptr - ptr2;
+
+  return string;
+}
+
+
+/********************************************************************
+ *
+ * rtrim
+ *
+ * Syntax:
+ *
+ *   text *rtrim(text *string, text *set)
+ *
+ * Purpose:
+ *
+ *   Returns string with final characters removed after the last
+ *   character not in set.
+ *
+ ********************************************************************/
+
+text *
+rtrim(text *string, text *set)
+{
+  char *ptr, *ptr2, *end2;
+  int m;
+
+  m = VARSIZE(string) - VARHDRSZ;
+
+  if (m <= 0 || VARSIZE(set) - VARHDRSZ <= 0) {
+    return string;
+  }
+
+  ptr   = VARDATA(string) + VARSIZE(string) - VARHDRSZ - 1;
+  ptr2  = VARDATA(set);
+  end2  = VARDATA(set)    + VARSIZE(set)    - VARHDRSZ - 1;
+  
+  while (m--) {
+    while (ptr2 <= end2) {
+      if (*ptr == *ptr2) {
+        break;
+      }
+      ++ptr2;
+    }
+    if (*ptr != *ptr2) {
+      break;
+    }
+    --ptr;
+    ptr2 = VARDATA(set);
+  }
+
+  VARSIZE(string) -= VARDATA(string) + VARSIZE(string) - VARHDRSZ - 1 - ptr;
+
+  return string;
+}
+
+
+/********************************************************************
+ *
+ * substr
+ *
+ * Syntax:
+ *
+ *   text *substr(text *string, int4 m, int4 n)
+ *
+ * Purpose:
+ *
+ *   Returns a portion of string, beginning at character m, n
+ *   characters long. The first position of string is 1.
+ *
+ ********************************************************************/
+
+text *
+substr(text *string, int4 m, int4 n)
+{
+  char *ptr, *ptr1;
+  int len;
+
+  len = VARSIZE(string) - VARHDRSZ - m;
+
+  if (m <= 0 || n <= 0 || len <= 0) {
+    return string;
+  }
+
+  ptr  = VARDATA(string);
+  ptr1 = ptr + m - 1;
+  len  = len + 1 < n ? len + 1 : n;
+
+  while (len--) {
+    *ptr++ = *ptr1++;
+  }
+
+  VARSIZE(string) -= ptr1 - ptr;
+
+  return string;
+}
+
+
+/********************************************************************
+ *
+ * translate
+ *
+ * Syntax:
+ *
+ *   text *translate(text *string, char from, char to)
+ *
+ * Purpose:
+ *
+ *   Returns string after replacing all occurences of from with
+ *   the corresponding character in to. TRANSLATE will not remove
+ *    characters.
+ *
+ ********************************************************************/
+
+text *
+translate(text *string, char from, char to)
+{
+  char *ptr;
+  int m;
+
+  m   = VARSIZE(string) - VARHDRSZ;
+  ptr = VARDATA(string);
+
+  while (m--) {
+    if (*ptr == from) {
+      *ptr = to;
+    }
+    ++ptr;
+  }
+
+  return string;
+}
+
+
+/* EOF */

src/include/catalog/pg_proc.h

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $Id: pg_proc.h,v 1.7 1996/11/14 21:39:14 scrappy Exp $
+ * $Id: pg_proc.h,v 1.8 1997/03/04 05:32:11 scrappy Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *    The script catalog/genbki.sh reads this file and generates .bki
@@ -758,6 +758,17 @@ DATA(insert OID =  1239 (  texticregexne       PGUID 11 f t f 2 f 16 "25 25" 100
 DATA(insert OID =  1240 (  nameicregexeq     PGUID 11 f t f 2 f 16 "19 25" 100 0 0 100  foo bar ));
 DATA(insert OID =  1241 (  nameicregexne     PGUID 11 f t f 2 f 16 "19 25" 100 0 0 100  foo bar ));
 
+/* Oracle Compatibility Related Functions - By Edmund Mergl <E.Mergl@bawue.de> */
+DATA(insert OID =  1260 (  lower             PGUID 11 f t f 1 f 25 "25" 100 0 0 100  foo bar ));
+DATA(insert OID =  1261 (  upper             PGUID 11 f t f 1 f 25 "25" 100 0 0 100  foo bar ));
+DATA(insert OID =  1262 (  initcap           PGUID 11 f t f 1 f 25 "25" 100 0 0 100  foo bar ));
+DATA(insert OID =  1263 (  lpad              PGUID 11 f t f 3 f 25 "25 23 25" 100 0 0 100  foo bar ));
+DATA(insert OID =  1264 (  rpad              PGUID 11 f t f 3 f 25 "25 23 25" 100 0 0 100  foo bar ));
+DATA(insert OID =  1265 (  ltrim             PGUID 11 f t f 2 f 25 "25 25" 100 0 0 100  foo bar ));
+DATA(insert OID =  1266 (  rtrim             PGUID 11 f t f 2 f 25 "25 25" 100 0 0 100  foo bar ));
+DATA(insert OID =  1267 (  substr            PGUID 11 f t f 3 f 25 "25 23 23" 100 0 0 100  foo bar ));
+DATA(insert OID =  1268 (  translate         PGUID 11 f t f 3 f 25 "25 18 18" 100 0 0 100  foo bar ));
+
 /* 
  * prototypes for functions pg_proc.c 
  */

src/include/utils/memutils.h

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
  *
- * $Id: memutils.h,v 1.4 1996/11/04 04:00:48 momjian Exp $
+ * $Id: memutils.h,v 1.5 1997/03/04 05:32:26 scrappy Exp $
  *
  * NOTES
  *    some of the information in this file will be moved to
@@ -244,8 +244,6 @@ extern void AllocSetDump(AllocSet set);
  */
 typedef int	LibCCopyLength;
 
-typedef 	CLibCopyLength;
-
 /*
  * MemoryCopy --
  *	Copies fixed length block of memory to another.