Re: Timestamp Conversion Woes Redux

On 22-Jul-05, at 9:42 AM, Tom Lane wrote:

> Dave Cramer <pg@fastcrypt.com> writes:
>
>> One issue I have is that the server returns some time zones in
>> lowercase.
>>
>
>
>> ie EST -> est
>>      EST5EDT -> est5edt
>>
>
> I think that in some contexts the case you will get back is what you
> give in the SET command.  So do
>     set timezone = 'EST5EDT';
> not
>     set timezone = EST5EDT;
> (the latter is downcased as if it were an identifier).
>
Ick .... this makes things tougher ... The user won't necessarily
quote it if they change it.

I guess if we restrict changing it, as per your other suggestion,
then this goes away.
>             regards, tom lane
>
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