| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Chapman Flack <chap(at)anastigmatix(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: 'infinity'::Interval should be added |
| Date: | 2018-12-13 15:08:03 |
| Message-ID: | 10302.1544713683@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Chapman Flack <chap(at)anastigmatix(dot)net> writes:
> On 12/13/18 04:41, Simon Riggs wrote:
>> [ we should allow this: ]
>> SELECT 'infinity'::interval;
>> ERROR: invalid input syntax for type interval: "infinity"
> ... and if that is made to work, perhaps then arithmetic should be
> updated as well,
That wouldn't be optional. All built-in functions on interval
would *have* to be updated to deal sanely with the new values.
(Fortunately, there aren't that many of them, IIRC.)
regards, tom lane
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