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Re: BUG #5192: --disable-integer-datetimes changes timestamp comparison behavior - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: BUG #5192: --disable-integer-datetimes changes timestamp comparison behavior
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Msg-id 7437.1258405158@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to BUG #5192: --disable-integer-datetimes changes timestamp comparison behavior  ("Thomas S. Chin" <thom@photoshelter.com>)
Responses Re: BUG #5192: --disable-integer-datetimes changes timestamp comparison behavior  ("Thomas S. Chin" <thom@photoshelter.com>)
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"Thomas S. Chin" <thom@photoshelter.com> writes:
> Description:        --disable-integer-datetimes changes timestamp comparison
> behavior

This is not a bug.  Float timestamps are inherently not infinitely
precise, but your test case expects them to be accurate to the
microsecond.

            regards, tom lane

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