Re: BUG #1517: SQL interval syntax is accepted by the parser,

From: Roy Badami <roy(at)gnomon(dot)org(dot)uk>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Roy Badami <roy(at)gnomon(dot)org(dot)uk>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #1517: SQL interval syntax is accepted by the parser,
Date: 2005-03-23 23:57:22
Message-ID: 16962.610.750735.454374@giles.gnomon.org.uk
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Tom> As you point out, the ISO spec doesn't actually say that that
Tom> string literal has to be the external textual representation
Tom> ... but it's surely pretty bizarre that it's not a good
Tom> candidate to be the textual representation.

Yes, I'm convicned. Particularly after considering casts of strings
to intervals...

-roy

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