Re: 7.4 compatibility question

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: 7.4 compatibility question
Date: 2003-10-22 04:03:58
Message-ID: 8363.1066795438@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> Now that DEFAULT 'now' will not work in PostgreSQL 7.4, will DEFAULT
> 'infinity' and DEFAULT '-infinity' and the like stop working as well?

No, because those values don't change over time. The issue here is when
exactly does the default value get evaluated...

regards, tom lane

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