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Hello Kevin,
My bug report is about using 'distinct' in the select list which is
causing a side-effect. That's why I classify this as a bug. Distinct
should not have unintended side-effects.
This side-effect is implementation-dependent and is manifested in the
current PostgreSQL query processing but can be eliminated by
appropriately handling the distinct keyword and does not have to occur.
The ISO-datetime string literal format I am using the most
general/standard for datetime/timestamp and is not the issue here. The
'distinct' keyword is causing the error.
Farid
On 6/4/2010 12:52 PM, Kevin Grittner wrote:
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Farid Zidan <farid@zidsoft.com> wrote:
If we were strictly complying with the SQL standard,
Considering the statement works in all the 9 DBMS systems+ that I
have tested so far as mentioned above, I would say PostgreSQL is
not compliant with SQL standard in this regard.
The SQL standard is a document published by the International
Standards Organization (ISO) and also adopted by the American
National Standards Institute (ANSI). Those documents don't require
a query in either of the forms you presented to work. Because of
the convenience factor, most database products have non-standard
extensions to omit type specification in some places. PostgreSQL's
extensions are oriented more toward user-installable data types
(such as geometric shapes or global coordinates), so the particulars
of our non-standard extensions differ so that use of those features
is as easy as practicable. That does result in some non-standard
extensions which work in other products not working in PostgreSQL.
I think you'll find that the syntax I suggested (using the standard
timestamp literal instead of a bare character string literal) will
work in all of the databases you mentioned; if you want portable
code, it is best to follow the standard rather than some inferred
popular convention.
I hope this helps.
-Kevin
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