At 11:28 AM 12/28/99 +0100, Karel Zak - Zakkr wrote:
>Thank for all suggestion. I finaly use in to_char() cache via static buffer,
>and if format-picture will bigger than this buffer, to_char will work as
>without cache. This solution eliminate memory leak - this solution is used
>in current datetime routines. It is good compromise.
Seems simple and safe, yes. My objection was really due to my concern
over memory leaks. The "to_char()" function will be a great help to
those porting over Oracle applications to Postgres.
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