Re: date comparisons

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com>
Cc: "Belinda M(dot) Giardine" <giardine(at)bio(dot)cse(dot)psu(dot)edu>, Erik Jones <erik(at)myemma(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: date comparisons
Date: 2006-12-12 17:55:40
Message-ID: 5716.1165946140@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com> writes:
> The padding is on *input* too? Is this an Oracle compatibility "feature"?

I assume so. If Oracle does not work like that, then it'd be a bug ...
but the whole purpose of that function is to be Oracle-compatible,
so we're sort of stuck doing what Oracle does.

regards, tom lane

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