On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 12:22:03AM -0800, Warren Turkal wrote: > As a result, I have a few questions about the timestamp code. In what > instances is the floating point timestamp recommended? I see that > Debian and Ubuntu ship packages that use the int64 timestamps. Is the > backend smart enough to not load and use a database with timestamp > fields created with the representation not compiled into the compiler? > And finally, would this work be welcome in PostgreSQL? I view is as a > kind of beginner janitor type of project to get my feet wet.
AIUI it's because there are systems that have broken 64-integer support. Or at least, that's the theory. There was a question recently to check if there really are such systems still running... Have a nice day, -- Martijn van Oosterhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution > inevitable. > -- John F Kennedy
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