Re: Why select 1 where current_date = 'infinity'; doesn't work?

On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 1:18 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> "Francisco Figueiredo Jr." <francisco(at)npgsql(dot)org> writes:
>>> ERROR: invalid input syntax for type date: "infinity"
>>> I thought I could use it anywhere in my sql.
>
> No, only timestamps support infinity.
>
> We do have a TODO item to allow type date to do that too. It's been asked
> for often enough, not sure why it hasn't happened. Seems easy enough,
> maybe I'll go do it.
>

Thank you very much, Tom, for your feedback on this!!

I will update our forum discussion with this information.

I know this may sound a little bit uncommon, but to me it's an honor
to know you are paying attention to my message! :)

Thanks again.

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Francisco Figueiredo Jr.
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