Re: [OT] MySQL is bad, but THIS bad? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Michael Paesold
Subject Re: [OT] MySQL is bad, but THIS bad?
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In response to Re: [OT] MySQL is bad, but THIS bad?  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
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Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Thomas Hallgren wrote:>
>> Couldn't we just install something that replaced invalid dates with a 
>> randomly generated but otherwise correct dates? That way they would 
>> become completely invisible. No one could even tell that the date was 
>> invalid to start with.
> 
> No we can't, because then we are taking an invalid date, which is 
> potentially valid data (to the user) and modifying it to a valid date 
> that is indeed invalid data.

I think you should have read a `;-)' after Thomas' suggestion.

;-)

Best Regards,
Michael


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