Re: Reg: SQL Query for Postgres 8.4.3 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: Reg: SQL Query for Postgres 8.4.3
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Msg-id AANLkTim4SANgrDEK_T_EJczzIkPk5H4lJpHqE6wgwbat@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Reg: SQL Query for Postgres 8.4.3  ("Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>)
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Re: Reg: SQL Query for Postgres 8.4.3
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On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Kevin Grittner
<Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov> wrote:
> We have maintained nonstandard behavior in the past for
> compatibility reasons, so it's a fair question; however, I'm
> inclined toward the standard on this one.

In a case like this, it seems unlikely that someone would be counting
on a negative value to throw an error, so I tend to regard doing
something else as an extension of the standard rather than a deviation
from it.  But I don't have strong feelings about it.

...Robert


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