Re: BUG #4718: "select +'8:00'::interval;" gives an error

Roman Kononov escreveu:

This is not a bug, but a missing feature.

> test=# select +'8:00'::interval;
> ERROR: operator does not exist: + interval
> LINE 1: select +'8:00'::interval;
> ^
> HINT: No operator matches the given name and argument type(s). You might
> need to add explicit type casts.
>
You can solve it using:

euler=# select '+8:00'::interval;
interval
----------
08:00:00
(1 registro)

euler=# select '-8:00'::interval;
interval
-----------
-08:00:00
(1 registro)

As pointed by Tom in an ancient thread [1], I agree that we could add + and @
unary operator for interval datatype. Unfortunately, such a patch has not been
proposed yet.

[1] http://archives.postgresql.org//pgsql-general/2003-09/msg00292.php

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