Re: 9.2 timestamp function syntax error

On 03/05/2013 12:30 AM, Albe Laurenz wrote:
> Guy Rouillier wrote:
>> I don't understand the error resulting from the following progression on
>> 9.2 (specifically "EnterpriseDB 9.2.1.3 on x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu,
>> compiled by gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-52), 64-bit"):
>>
>> select sysdate => timestamp without time zone
>>
>> select timestamptz(sysdate) => timestamp with time zone
>>
>> select timestamp(timestamptz(sysdate)) => ERROR: syntax error at or
>> near "timestamptz"
>>
>> OR
>>
>> select timestamp(sysdate::timestamptz)) => ERROR: syntax error at or
>> near "sysdate"
>>
>> I see a function in pg_catalog with signature timestamp(timestamp with
>> time zone). Why isn't it being applied?
>
> That must be EnterpriseDB's proprietary Postgres Plus, since
> regular PostgreSQL doesn't have "sysdate".

Actually that is not the issue.

test=> select version();
version

----------------------
PostgreSQL 9.2.3

This does not work:

test=> select timestamp(now()::timestampz);
ERROR: syntax error at or near "now"
LINE 1: select timestamp(now()::timestampz);

test=> select timestamp(now());
ERROR: syntax error at or near "now"
LINE 1: select timestamp(now());

This does:

test=> select (now()::timestamptz)::timestamp;
now
----------------------------
2013-03-05 06:23:05.169524
(1 row)

test=> select now()::timestamp;
now
---------------------------
2013-03-05 06:24:43.50932
(1 row)

>
> Try to ask EnterpriseDB, they are more likely to be able to help.
>
> Yours,
> Laurenz Albe
>
>

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