Re: 8.3b2: problem using "COPY ... TO/FROM .... BINARY"

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: "Thomas H(dot)" <me(at)alternize(dot)com>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: 8.3b2: problem using "COPY ... TO/FROM .... BINARY"
Date: 2007-11-19 01:38:03
Message-ID: 11006.1195436283@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> writes:
> On Sat, 2007-11-17 at 21:13 +0100, Thomas H. wrote:
>>> I'll bet a nickel that you built one version with float timestamps and
>>> the other with integer ...
>>
>> both versions are the official win32 builds from postgresl.org...

> That means Tom is right, as usual :-)

> 8.3 is built with integer timestamps, 8.2 and earlier with float
> timestamps.

Hmm, is that documented as a version discrepancy for the Win32 builds?

IIRC we had rough consensus for switching the default setting to integer
timestamps in 8.4. Perhaps it would be better for the Win32 build to
wait till 8.4 before switching, for consistency with other platforms.

regards, tom lane

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