Validation in to_date()

From: Hitoshi Harada <umi(dot)tanuki(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Validation in to_date()
Date: 2013-01-12 06:28:15
Message-ID: CAP7QgmkvW6KeogQnNJHno1pyb7ifqQGShGoygN=fxsuv+36hdQ@mail.gmail.com
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to_date() doesn't check the date range, which results in unreadable
data like this.

foo=# create table t as select to_date('9999-12-10 BC', 'YYYY-MM-DD
BC')::timestamp;
SELECT 1
foo=# table t;
ERROR: timestamp out of range

Attached is to add IS_VALID_JULIAN() as we do like in date_in(). I
think to_date() should follow it because it is the entrance place to
check sanity.

Thanks,
--
Hitoshi Harada

Attachment Content-Type Size
to_date_check.patch application/octet-stream 614 bytes

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