Re: 7.4 compatibility question - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Christopher Kings-Lynne
Subject Re: 7.4 compatibility question
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Msg-id 3F960533.4080004@familyhealth.com.au
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In response to Re: 7.4 compatibility question  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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>>Now that DEFAULT 'now' will not work in PostgreSQL 7.4,  will DEFAULT 
>>'infinity' and DEFAULT '-infinity' and the like stop working as well? 
> 
> 
> No, because those values don't change over time.  The issue here is when
> exactly does the default value get evaluated...

Ah, of course - but what about 'yesterday' and 'tomorrow' - these should 
also be mentioned in the release notes.

Chris




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