Re: to_date_valid()

From: Artur Zakirov <a(dot)zakirov(at)postgrespro(dot)ru>
To: Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum <adsmail(at)wars-nicht(dot)de>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Albe Laurenz <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at>, 'Andreas Karlsson *EXTERN*' <andreas(at)proxel(dot)se>, Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Jaime Casanova <jaime(dot)casanova(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Euler Taveira <euler(at)timbira(dot)com(dot)br>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: to_date_valid()
Date: 2016-08-15 08:24:07
Message-ID: 95738e12-6ed6-daf5-9dcf-6336072e6b15@postgrespro.ru
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On 14.08.2016 01:52, Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum wrote:
>
> Attached is a patch to "do the right thing". The verification is in
> "to_date()" now, the extra function is removed. Regression tests are
> updated - two or three of them returned a wrong date before, and still
> passed. They fail now. Documentation is also updated.
>
>
> Regards,
>

Is it right and "true" way to validate date by extra transforming and
comparison?

Maybe validate date by using ValidateDate(). Attached sample patch.

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Artur Zakirov
Postgres Professional: http://www.postgrespro.com
Russian Postgres Company

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to-date-valid.patch text/x-patch 2.8 KB

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