| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD" <ZeugswetterA(at)spardat(dot)at> |
| Cc: | lockhart(at)fourpalms(dot)org, "Dwayne Miller" <dwayne-miller(at)home(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Time as keyword |
| Date: | 2002-01-09 15:28:24 |
| Message-ID: | 7344.1010590104@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD" <ZeugswetterA(at)spardat(dot)at> writes:
> Imho it would be nice if we could allow "select timestamp(xxx);",
> and this has been the umpteenth request in this regard, and 7.2 is not even
> released yet.
Unfortunately, there's just no way. If we tried, it would be ambiguous
whether, say, "timestamp(6)" is a function call or a type name.
This is not one of my favorite parts of SQL92 syntax :-(
regards, tom lane
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