Re: Pet Peeves? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Gregory Stark
Subject Re: Pet Peeves?
Date
Msg-id 87mydangc9.fsf@oxford.xeocode.com
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In response to Re: Pet Peeves?  (Steve Crawford <scrawford@pinpointresearch.com>)
Responses Re: Pet Peeves?  (Steve Crawford <scrawford@pinpointresearch.com>)
Re: Pet Peeves?  (Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>)
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Steve Crawford <scrawford@pinpointresearch.com> writes:

>>> 3. Date handling
>>> Sometimes I've got data with invalid dates and it would be great if it
>>> could replace all the bad ones with, say "0000-00-00".
>>>
>
> Oh dear $DEITY, no.

I think it would be best if we limited ourselves right now to discussing the
problems themselves and not debating the pros and cons of possible solutions.

I want to encourage people to post their peeves even if they know perfectly
well the reasons why things are the way they are.

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