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From Francisco Figueiredo Jr.
Subject Why select 1 where current_date = 'infinity'; doesn't work?
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Responses Re: Why select 1 where current_date = 'infinity'; doesn't work?  ("Francisco Figueiredo Jr." <francisco@npgsql.org>)
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It gives me the following error:

ERROR:  invalid input syntax for type date: "infinity"

I thought I could use it anywhere in my sql.

I have to add a cast to timestamp in order for this to work. I thought
I wouldn't need to use a case.

Am I missing something?

Thanks in advance.


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Francisco Figueiredo Jr.
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