Re: 7.4 compatibility question

From: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: 7.4 compatibility question
Date: 2003-10-22 04:18:59
Message-ID: 3F960533.4080004@familyhealth.com.au
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>>Now that DEFAULT 'now' will not work in PostgreSQL 7.4, will DEFAULT
>>'infinity' and DEFAULT '-infinity' and the like stop working as well?
>
>
> No, because those values don't change over time. The issue here is when
> exactly does the default value get evaluated...

Ah, of course - but what about 'yesterday' and 'tomorrow' - these should
also be mentioned in the release notes.

Chris

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