On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 08:06:46PM +0100, Zeugswetter Andreas ADI SD wrote: > > > > Well, I guess the question is: if we don't offer some builtin way to > render > > > non-standard formats built into company products, will those > companies fix > > > their format or just not use PostgreSQL? > > > > Well, there is an advantage that Postgres has that some others don't: > you > > can extend Postgres pretty easily. That suggests to me a reason to be > > conservative in what we "build in". This is consistent with the > principle, > > "Be conservative in what you send, and liberal in what you accept." > > Well, then the uuid input function should most likely disregard all -, > and accept the 4x-, 8x- formats and the like on input. > > Andreas > > We need to support the standard definition. People not using the standard need to know that and explicitly acknowledge that by implementing the conversion process themselves. Accepting random input puts a performance hit on everybody following the standard. It is the non-standard users who should pay that cost.
Cheers, Ken ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
