On Friday 21 Mar 2003 12:25 pm, Tom Lane wrote: > "Shridhar Daithankar<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > And What's so holy about "" if it is a function? > > The problem is that TIME(n) is a datatype name, not a function call, > according to the SQL spec. Likewise for TIMESTAMP(n), INTERVAL(n), > NUMERIC(m,n), and maybe one or two other special cases I've forgotten. > > The SQL spec's love of special-purpose syntaxes is one of its worst > features IMHO ...
In this case, I would vote for overload as SQL extension in postgresql if people feel it is feasible and/or sensible.. Shridhar ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html
