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From Tom Lane
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In response to 7.4 compatibility question  (Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au>)
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Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl@familyhealth.com.au> writes:
> Now that DEFAULT 'now' will not work in PostgreSQL 7.4,  will DEFAULT 
> 'infinity' and DEFAULT '-infinity' and the like stop working as well? 

No, because those values don't change over time.  The issue here is when
exactly does the default value get evaluated...
        regards, tom lane

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