Re: Can't "EXTRACT" from a field?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Brent Verner <brent(at)rcfile(dot)org>
Cc: "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Can't "EXTRACT" from a field?
Date: 2001-11-22 17:50:09
Message-ID: 1615.1006451409@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Brent Verner <brent(at)rcfile(dot)org> writes:
> note: extract() is correctly not listed as a function, but it doesn't
> have any '\h' help available. Is this a TODO kind-of-thing? If
> it is I can try to add it sometime later today.

There is no mechanism for keeping track of help entries for functions,
only statements.

> note2: This documentation is incorrect as of last night's cvs.
> an example given in the docs is.
> SELECT EXTRACT(CENTURY FROM TIMESTAMP '2001-02-16 20:38:40');

This example is fine. Try it.

regards, tom lane

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