I noticed in the changelog for the upcoming 4.1.1 alpha release that CONCAT_WS is being changed to NOT skip empty strings. I am sure that this must have been done in response to feedback but I wonder if there are others who like me have relied on the skipping of empty strings. Among other things, I use the function to assemble full names (of people) which I store in parsed fields in my database (i.e. title, firstname, middlename, lastname, suffix). In many cases, my middlename and suffix fields are blank and the current version of CONCAT_WS allows me to reassemble the parts without having the possibility of having double spaces, leading spaces, or trailing spaces.
Are there others like me who would like to preserve the empty string skipping version of CONCAT_WS. Perhaps the new version of the function could be added under a new name like CONCAT_WS_NOSKIP or perhaps the option to skip blanks could be provided in an argument. Just curious what people think. obligatory keyword for list: mysql -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
