We will either remove it in 8.0 or mention its removal in 8.1. It is
probably wisest to remove in 8.1.
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> Added to open items:
>
> * remove to_char(interval) if we initdb
>
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> Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 10:43:10AM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > Karel Zak wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2004 at 12:24:28PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > > > > Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > > > > > Someone on IRC just reported this to_char() failure with negative
> > > > > > intervals:
> > > > >
> > > > > I think Karel wanted to remove to_char(interval) altogether.
> > > >
> > > > Yes, the notice about it is already in 7.4 docs. Maybe we can remove
> > > > it in 7.5/8.0. Comments?
> > >
> > > I don't see how we can remove it in 8.0 unless we require an initdb.
> > > What we could do is to throw an error/warning in the code and remove it
> > > completely in 8.1.
> >
> > If we force an initdb for some other reason during beta, we can remove
> > to_char(interval) at that point too ...
> >
> > --
> > Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]dcc.uchile.cl>)
> > "Siempre hay que alimentar a los dioses, aunque la tierra est? seca" (Orual)
> >
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