Thread: Bug #603: time() problems with PostgreSQL 7.2

Ricardo Ryoiti Sugawara Junior (suga@netbsd.com.br) reports a bug with a severity of 2
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Short Description
time() problems with PostgreSQL 7.2

Long Description
time('now') used to work but it doesn't work anymore in PostgreSQL 7.2.

Sample Code
carteirinhas=# \d registros
Table "registros"
Column | Type | Modifiers
-----------+------------------------+-----------
matricula | integer |
resp | character varying(50) |
tipo | character(1) |
nome | character varying(50) |
data | date |
hora | time without time zone |
baixa | boolean |

carteirinhas=# select time('now');
ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "'";



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pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org writes:
> time('now') used to work but it doesn't work anymore in PostgreSQL 7.2.

TIME is a reserved word now, or at least more reserved than it used to
be, because we've added some SQL92 syntax that wasn't supported before.

Try
    "time"('now')
or
    'now'::time
or
    CAST('now' AS time)

In the INSERT command you showed originally, I don't actually believe
that you need any cast at all.

            regards, tom lane