From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Frank Bax <fbax(at)sympatico(dot)ca> |
Cc: | pgsql-php(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: to_char replacement |
Date: | 2005-02-02 18:15:38 |
Message-ID: | 200502021815.j12IFcI01979@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Frank Bax wrote:
> At 12:44 PM 1/24/05, Michael Fuhr wrote:
>
> >On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 06:47:33PM +0200, Raul Secan wrote:
> >
> > > Hello, since to_char() function will no longer be available from
> > > PostgreSQL 8.1 ... I might need to change that from my scripts.
> >
> >Eh? Where did you get the idea that to_char() was going away? The
> >documentation says that to_char(interval, text) is deprecated and
> >will be removed, but it says nothing about removing the function
> >altogether.
>
>
> Raul is not the only one who misread that sentence. I thought the same
> thing when I read it last week. Reading too quickly, I guess. After
> spending several minutes searching for a replacement function, I went back
> a reread it, understanding it the second time. Perhaps if
> to_char(interval, text) were marked with (*) in table and then (*) note at
> bottom, it would be clearer that this sentence does not apply to all arguments.
Agreed. I think we were a little too concise in that statement. Here is
the updated wording:
The 8.1 release will remove the <function>to_char()</> function
for intervals.
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