Re: Small documentation patch

From: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
To: Gavin Sherry <swm(at)linuxworld(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, PostgreSQL Patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Small documentation patch
Date: 2003-12-03 07:10:53
Message-ID: 20031203071053.GI9190@fetter.org
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On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 05:59:25PM +1100, Gavin Sherry wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Dec 2003, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
>
> >
> > > + SELECT 'epoch'::timestamp + '1070430858 seconds'::interval;
> > > + <lineannotation>Result: </lineannotation><computeroutput>2003-12-03 05:54:18</computeroutput>
> > > </screen>
> >
> > You could also go:
> >
> > SELECT '1070430858'::abstime;
> >
> > But your way is probably a bit more stable...dunno...
>
> template1=# SELECT '1070430858'::abstime;
> ERROR: invalid input syntax for type abstime: "1070430858"
>
> I agree its more stable :-). That's on HEAD.
>
> Gavin

I like "more stable." "Clearer" is good, too :) :)

Cheers,
D
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