Re: .3RC2 does not have datetime() function?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Jean-Christian Imbeault <jc(at)mega-bucks(dot)co(dot)jp>
Cc: pgsql-bugs <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: .3RC2 does not have datetime() function?
Date: 2002-11-27 16:05:57
Message-ID: 17810.1038413157@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Jean-Christian Imbeault <jc(at)mega-bucks(dot)co(dot)jp> writes:
> Don't know if this is a bug or not but ... this query worked under 7.2.1
> but doesn't under 7.3RC2. datetime was a built-in function in 7.2.1 but
> seems to be "missing" from 7.3RC2 ...

> $ psql JC -c "select to_char(datetime(upload_time),'YYYY-MM-DD') as
> utime from products where id='989000627108' "
> ERROR: Function datetime(timestamp without time zone) does not exist

You shouldn't have been using datetime() here anyway, AFAICS --- the
input was already a timestamp, so what was the point?

But yes, we deprecated that type name for two versions and it's now gone
completely.

regards, tom lane

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