Re: Pet Peeves?

From: Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Steve Crawford <scrawford(at)pinpointresearch(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Pet Peeves?
Date: 2009-01-29 17:59:34
Message-ID: 87mydangc9.fsf@oxford.xeocode.com
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Steve Crawford <scrawford(at)pinpointresearch(dot)com> writes:

>>> 3. Date handling
>>> Sometimes I've got data with invalid dates and it would be great if it
>>> could replace all the bad ones with, say "0000-00-00".
>>>
>
> Oh dear $DEITY, no.

I think it would be best if we limited ourselves right now to discussing the
problems themselves and not debating the pros and cons of possible solutions.

I want to encourage people to post their peeves even if they know perfectly
well the reasons why things are the way they are.

--
Gregory Stark
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com
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