Re: FW: bitemporal functionality for PostgreSQL - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Heikki Linnakangas
Subject Re: FW: bitemporal functionality for PostgreSQL
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Msg-id 47A77A96.3070800@enterprisedb.com
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In response to Re: FW: bitemporal functionality for PostgreSQL  (Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>)
Responses Re: FW: bitemporal functionality for PostgreSQL  (0123 zyxw <0123zyxw@gmail.com>)
Re: FW: bitemporal functionality for PostgreSQL  (Jeff Davis <pgsql@j-davis.com>)
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Jeff Davis wrote:
> Also, they use "period" to mean interval, and "interval" to mean
> duration -- which is wrong, in my opinion; interval already has a well-
> defined mathematical meaning.

Agreed, but that mistake actually originates from the SQL standard. The 
SQL INTERVAL data type is really a duration, so I guess they had to come 
up with a new term for interval in the mathematical meaning.

--   Heikki Linnakangas  EnterpriseDB   http://www.enterprisedb.com


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