Re: 'infinity'::Interval should be added

On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 9:42 AM Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> At present we have a timestamp of 'infinity' and infinite ranges, but no infinite interval
>
> SELECT 'infinity'::timestamp;
> works
>
> SELECT 'infinity'::interval;
> ERROR: invalid input syntax for type interval: "infinity"
>
> Seems a strange anomaly that we should fix.

Why? I consider it somewhat of a wart that timestamps allow infinity
- it adds special case coding all over the place. Allowing intervals
to be infinite as well seems like it'll just create more special cases
without really solving anything.

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