Ditto for PostgreSQL. For portability you can create a dual table but you have to ensure that it only has one row. ;-) I finding that portability between PostgreSQL and Oracle is easier than most... same to_date, to_char functions, and stuff. Seems like that's part of Postgres' strategy.
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