Re: BUG #1517: SQL interval syntax is accepted by the parser,

From: Roy Badami <roy(at)gnomon(dot)org(dot)uk>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Roy Badami <roy(at)gnomon(dot)org(dot)uk>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #1517: SQL interval syntax is accepted by the parser,
Date: 2005-03-23 22:05:51
Message-ID: 16961.59455.19100.851700@giles.gnomon.org.uk
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Bruce> This is going to be a backward compatibility problem, but
Bruce> to support ANSI syntax we are going to need to do this.

Given the existence of the INTERVAL '1' MONTH etc syntax is completely
undocumented, I doubt it's a major problem.

(Actually, INTERVAL '1' and INTERVAL '1:30' are undocumented, too, but
it's probably more likely that people are relying on that).

-roy

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