From: | Japin Li <japinli(at)hotmail(dot)com> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Erik Rijkers <er(at)xs4all(dot)nl>, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: date_part/extract parse curiosity |
Date: | 2022-10-20 14:43:54 |
Message-ID: | MEYP282MB16694BD9DFB991ED1CB64C17B62A9@MEYP282MB1669.AUSP282.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM |
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On Thu, 20 Oct 2022 at 22:12, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Japin Li <japinli(at)hotmail(dot)com> writes:
>> On Thu, 20 Oct 2022 at 20:45, Erik Rijkers <er(at)xs4all(dot)nl> wrote:
>>> I noticed that
>>> select date_part('millennium', now()); --> 3
>>>
>>> will execute also, unperturbed, in this form:
>>> select date_part('millennium xxxxx', now()); --> 3
>
>> Maybe we should document this. I'd be inclined to change the code to
>> match the certain valid field names.
>
> I think changing this behavior has a significant chance of drawing
> complaints and zero chance of making anyone happier.
>
Maybe.
> The current state of affairs (including the lack of unnecessary
> documentation detail) is likely quite intentional.
>
I'm curious about why not document this?
--
Regrads,
Japin Li.
ChengDu WenWu Information Technology Co.,Ltd.
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