Re: Datetime type dropped from v7.3 ?

From: Steve Howe <howe(at)carcass(dot)dhs(dot)org>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Datetime type dropped from v7.3 ?
Date: 2002-11-07 05:20:19
Message-ID: 6126153459.20021107022019@carcass.dhs.org
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Hello Tom,

Thursday, November 7, 2002, 1:17:00 AM, you wrote:

TL> Steve Howe <howe(at)carcass(dot)dhs(dot)org> writes:
>> Just wondering if the datetime type was dropped on purpose from
>> PostgreSQL 7.3 ?

TL> Yes. Ad-hoc name translations in the parser create bogosities with
TL> respect to schemas --- I forget the details, but it was either drop
TL> "datetime" or make it a reserved keyword. Since datetime has been
TL> deprecated for a couple releases now, the choice seemed clear.
Oh. ok. I'm glad it was intended.
Thanks :)

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Best regards,
Steve Howe mailto:howe(at)carcass(dot)dhs(dot)org

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