Re: information_schema.columns changes needed for OLEDB - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> On Sunday 31 May 2009 18:41:55 Tom Lane wrote:
>> AFAICS, the SQL standard demands that precision and scale fields be
>> non-null all the time for those data types where they make sense
>> (this is encoded in the CHECK CONSTRAINTs that are declared for the
>> various information-schema tables, see particularly 21.15
>> DATA_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR base table in SQL99).  DATE is clearly wrong
>> per spec, but it's not the only problem.

> The DATE change is the only thing I'd be prepared to make right now.

At this point I think the clear decision is "we're not changing anything
for 8.4".  I've put the issue on the TODO list for future development
cycles.
        regards, tom lane