date type conversions

From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Leslie Mikesell <les(at)Mcs(dot)Net>
Subject: date type conversions
Date: 1998-05-14 00:17:22
Message-ID: Pine.BSF.3.96.980513211642.438D-100000@thelab.hub.org
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How can I tell if an automatic type conversion will be done on
a particular field? For example, given a datetime field d, why
does psql accept set d = 'now()' but require set d = datetime(now())
without the ''s? Datetime's seem to work through ODBC to Access
where timestamps turn into text...

Les Mikesell
les(at)mcs(dot)com

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