Re: possible ODBC bug with '-infinity' - Mailing list pgsql-odbc

From Richard Broersma Jr
Subject Re: possible ODBC bug with '-infinity'
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Msg-id 806471.5688.qm@web31811.mail.mud.yahoo.com
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In response to Re: possible ODBC bug with '-infinity'  (Andrei Kovalevski <andyk@commandprompt.com>)
Responses Re: possible ODBC bug with '-infinity'  (Andrei Kovalevski <andyk@commandprompt.com>)
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--- On Mon, 12/3/07, Andrei Kovalevski <andyk@commandprompt.com> wrote:

> Are you sure these values are equal? Try this in PgAdmin:
>
> create table t (t timestamp);
> insert into t values ('-infinity');
> insert into t values ('infinity');
> insert into t values ('9999-12-31 23:59:59');
> insert into t values ('5874897-12-31 23:59:59');
> insert into t values ('5874897-12-31
> 23:59:59.999999999');
> --insert into t values ('5874898-01-01 00:00:00');
> select t::date, t::time, t::timestamp, t::varchar from t;

Now the real question is, "What does and ODBC client do with these value?".

Also, don't forget to include values for -infinity and other timestamps that are smaller than what the client side
applicationcan display. 

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