Re: How to specify infinity for intervals ?

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Michael Glaesemann <grzm(at)myrealbox(dot)com>
Cc: Karsten Hilbert <Karsten(dot)Hilbert(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: How to specify infinity for intervals ?
Date: 2006-02-25 16:34:56
Message-ID: 200602251634.k1PGYuY25825@candle.pha.pa.us
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OK, added to TODO.

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Michael Glaesemann wrote:
>
> On Feb 25, 2006, at 12:09 , Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > We have this TODO:
> >
> > o Allow infinite dates just like infinite timestamps
> >
> > Do we need to add intervals to this?
>
> I think to be consistent with the other datetime types, might as
> well. Then one would be able to get an answer to
>
> test=# select 'infinity'::timestamp - current_timestamp;
> ERROR: cannot subtract infinite timestamps
>
> Michael Glaesemann
> grzm myrealbox com
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