Re: Datetime type dropped from v7.3 ?
Steve Howe <howe@carcass.dhs.org> writes:
Just wondering if the datetime type was dropped on purpose from
PostgreSQL 7.3 ?
Yes. Ad-hoc name translations in the parser create bogosities with
respect to schemas --- I forget the details, but it was either drop
"datetime" or make it a reserved keyword. Since datetime has been
deprecated for a couple releases now, the choice seemed clear.
regards, tom lane
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Hello Tom,
Thursday, November 7, 2002, 1:17:00 AM, you wrote:
TL> Steve Howe <howe@carcass.dhs.org> writes:
Just wondering if the datetime type was dropped on purpose from
PostgreSQL 7.3 ?
TL> Yes. Ad-hoc name translations in the parser create bogosities with
TL> respect to schemas --- I forget the details, but it was either drop
TL> "datetime" or make it a reserved keyword. Since datetime has been
TL> deprecated for a couple releases now, the choice seemed clear.
Oh. ok. I'm glad it was intended.
Thanks :)
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Best regards,
Steve Howe mailto:howe@carcass.dhs.org