Re: [HACKERS] Bug in to_timestamp().

From: Arthur Zakirov <a(dot)zakirov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>
To: Alexander Korotkov <a(dot)korotkov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>
Cc: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Dmitry Dolgov <9erthalion6(at)gmail(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, amul sul <sulamul(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alex Ignatov <a(dot)ignatov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, amul sul <sul_amul(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)in>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Bug in to_timestamp().
Date: 2018-08-02 19:38:34
Message-ID: 20180802193833.GA9304@artur-book.localdomain
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On Thu, Aug 02, 2018 at 06:17:01PM +0300, Alexander Korotkov wrote:
> So, if number of spaces/separators between fields in input string is
> more than in format string and list space/separator skipped is minus
> sign, then it decides to glue that minus sign to TZH. I think this
> behavior is nice to follow, because it allows us to skip spaces after
> fields.

Good approach! With this change the following queries work now:

=# SELECT to_timestamp('2000 + JUN', 'YYYY MON');
=# SELECT to_timestamp('2000 + JUN', 'YYYY MON');

I think it is worth to add them to regression tests.

> 4) Spaces and separators in format string seem to be handled in the
> same way in non-FX mode. But strange things happen when you mix
> spaces and separators there.
> ...
> 1+2+3 are implemented in the attached patch, but not 4. I think that
> it's only worth to follow Oracle when it does reasonable things.

I agree with you. I think it isn't worth to copy this behaviour.

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Arthur Zakirov
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