Thread: Datetime type dropped from v7.3 ?

Hello all,

Just wondering if the datetime type was dropped on purpose from
PostgreSQL 7.3 ?
This is not an issue of course, I'll be using timestamp, but it's
weird having that dropped.

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-- On PostgreSQL 7.2:
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howe=# select version();                               version                                
-----------------------------------------------------------------------PostgreSQL 7.2.1 on i386-portbld-freebsd4.6.2,
compiledby GCC 2.95.3
 
(1 row)

howe=# create table a(b datetime);
CREATE
howe=# \d a                   Table "a"Column |            Type             | Modifiers 
--------+-----------------------------+-----------b      | timestamp without time zone |

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-- On PostgreSQL 7.3:
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howe=# select version ();                              version                               
---------------------------------------------------------------------PostgreSQL 7.3b3 on i386-unknown-freebsd4.4,
compiledby GCC 2.95.3
 
(1 row)

howe=# create table a(b datetime);
ERROR:  Type "datetime" does not exist

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Best regards,Steve Howe                           mailto:howe@carcass.dhs.org

Steve Howe <howe@carcass.dhs.org> writes:
> Just wondering if the datetime type was dropped on purpose from
> PostgreSQL 7.3 ?

Yes.  Ad-hoc name translations in the parser create bogosities with
respect to schemas --- I forget the details, but it was either drop
"datetime" or make it a reserved keyword.  Since datetime has been
deprecated for a couple releases now, the choice seemed clear.
        regards, tom lane

Hello Tom,

Thursday, November 7, 2002, 1:17:00 AM, you wrote:

TL> Steve Howe <howe@carcass.dhs.org> writes:
>> Just wondering if the datetime type was dropped on purpose from
>> PostgreSQL 7.3 ?

TL> Yes.  Ad-hoc name translations in the parser create bogosities with
TL> respect to schemas --- I forget the details, but it was either drop
TL> "datetime" or make it a reserved keyword.  Since datetime has been
TL> deprecated for a couple releases now, the choice seemed clear.
Oh. ok. I'm glad it was intended.
Thanks :)

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Best regards,Steve Howe                           mailto:howe@carcass.dhs.org