On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 07:38:39PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > I think the basic problem is that the original author had the idea of > doing: > > SELECT INTERVAL (2) '100.9999 seconds'; > interval > ---------- > 00:01:41 > > and using (2) in that location as a short-hand when the interval > precision units were not specified, which seems logical. However, they > allowed it even when the units were specified: > > SELECT INTERVAL (2) '100.9999 seconds' HOUR to SECOND; > interval > ---------- > 00:01:41 > > and in cases where the precision made no sense: > > SELECT INTERVAL (2) '100.9999 seconds' HOUR to MINUTE; > interval > ---------- > 00:01:00 > > I have created the attached patch which only allows parentheses in the > first case.
Patch applied. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + Everyone has their own god. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
