On Mon, Nov 07, 2005 at 05:58:04PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > SELECT count(*) from post where post_ts >= current_date - interval ?
> 
> This is not right, and never has been right, even though it may have
> accidentally failed to fail with some client libraries.  Try
>       CAST(? as interval)                     (SQL standard)
>       ?::interval                             (Postgres-ism)
> 
> The "interval something" syntax is only legal when "something" is
> a bare string literal.

This seems to be an example of breakage caused by DBI switching from
"substitute params in client" to "use new protocol to substitute params
in server" (prepare/execute).

AIUI, if you disable use of the new protocol, it should work as before.

Have a nice day,
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