Michael Glaesemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I can't seem to find any documentation on the --enable-integer- > datetimes configure option. Here's a patch that adds a very brief > description to section 14.5 Installation Procedure, which lists the > other config options.
Well, there is some, but I agree that it ought to be mentioned where the other config options are listed. Applied with additions, viz *** doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml.orig Sun Jun 5 00:59:44 2005 --- doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml Sun Jun 12 11:49:15 2005 *************** *** 874,879 **** --- 874,894 ---- </varlistentry> <varlistentry> + <term><option>--enable-integer-datetimes</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Use 64-bit integer storage for datetimes and intervals, rather + than the default floating-point storage. This reduces the range + of representable values but guarantees microsecond precision across + the full range (see <xref linkend="datatype-datetime"> for more + information). Note also that the integer datetimes code is newer + than the floating-point code, and we still find bugs in it from time + to time. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> <term><option>--disable-spinlocks</option></term> <listitem> <para> regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match