On Sat, 10 Mar 2007, Chuck McDevitt wrote:
> Ok...
>
> Just to be clear, the ISO SQL spec says that INTERVAL '1' DAY is the
> correct way to specify a one-day interval.
> That's why it is surprising that PostgreSQL treats it differently, with
> no error or warning.
>
> The PostgreSQL syntax INTER
"Chuck McDevitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is fixing this on the TODO list?
See the 'Add ISO INTERVAL handling' entry.
regards, tom lane
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From: Tom Lane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 5:11 PM
To: Gregory Stark
Cc: Chuck McDevitt; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Why is this allowed?
Gregory Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wri
Gregory Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "Chuck McDevitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Why don't we have some kind of error check for people entering things
>> like INTERVAL '1' DAY in their query, since we don't handle it.
> Because it's not an error. It just doesn't mean what you think it
"Gregory Stark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "Chuck McDevitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Why don't we have some kind of error check for people entering things
>> like INTERVAL '1' DAY in their query, since we don't handle it.
>
> Because it's not an error. It just doesn't mean what you th
"Chuck McDevitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Why don't we have some kind of error check for people entering things
> like INTERVAL '1' DAY in their query, since we don't handle it.
Because it's not an error. It just doesn't mean what you think it means.
You've requested an interval measured
Why don't we have some kind of error check for people entering things
like INTERVAL '1' DAY in their query, since we don't handle it.
select now() =now() + interval '1' day;
?column?
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This seems scary... We allow something through and then ignore it?
"Interval '1 day'
