Michael Fuhr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Allballs" is slang for "all zeros" because zeros look like balls. > You hear it sometimes in environments that use a 24-hour clock > (communications, military, etc.). Here's an example:
> http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/basics/bsf2-3.html > I don't know that "allballs" is specified in any standard, so I > suspect that somebody who used the term added it to PostgreSQL > (or whatever it was called at the time) for convenience. I'm sure it isn't in any SQL standard ;-). Tom Lockhart is doubtless responsible for it being in our code; I suppose he put it in because it is in reasonably common use at JPL. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
