Re: BUG #1517: SQL interval syntax is accepted by the parser,

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Roy Badami <roy(at)gnomon(dot)org(dot)uk>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: BUG #1517: SQL interval syntax is accepted by the parser,
Date: 2005-03-24 18:42:58
Message-ID: 804.1111689778@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> Agreed. What is really weird is that the time is always displayed for a
> zero value:

> test=> select interval '0 years' year;
> interval
> ----------
> 00:00:00
> (1 row)

> but a non-zero shows the proper units:

> test=> select interval '1 years' year;
> interval
> ----------
> 1 year
> (1 row)

> Is that OK?

Well, it's a bit arbitrary, but I suppose it was done because otherwise
a zero interval would show nothing at all ...

regards, tom lane

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