Re: Re: [GENERAL] FM format modifier does not remove leading zero from year

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Guy Rouillier wrote:
> > On 1/6/2010 3:29 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> > > Guy Rouillier<guyr-ml1(at)burntmail(dot)com> writes:
> > >> Oracle states clearly in the SQL Reference manual:
> > >
> > >> "A modifier can appear in a format model more than once. In such a case,
> > >> each subsequent occurrence toggles the effects of the modifier."
> > >
> > > *Toggles* the effect of the modifier? Egad, what drunken idiot chose
> > > that specification?
> >
> > Eh, tomato, tomahto. If you assume that someone will strip leading
> > zeroes consistently, the Oracle approach makes sense. That would be a
> > reasonable assumption to make; why would I strip the zero off the month
> > but leave it on the day? So, in the unusual case that you want to do
> > such a thing, you are asked to use a second occurrence of FM to turn
> > zero suppression back off.
>
> I have developed the attached patch which implements FM control of YYY,
> YY, and Y specifications. I also documented that we do not match
> Oracle's toggle behavior. There are a few effects on regression test
> output which are part of this patch.

What's the point of not following Oracle here, since this is solely an
Oracle compatibility function?

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