Re: ecmascript 5 DATESTYLE

2011/12/6 ben hockey <neonstalwart@gmail.com>:
>
> On 12/6/2011 3:20 PM, Pavel Stehule wrote:
>>
>>
>> I am for ECMA datestyle
>>
>> it is there but just is not public, if I remember well
>>
>> Theoretically some custom output/input transform routine can be very
>> interesting - for domains, for boolean type - but on second hand - the
>> usage of this feature is minimal and there is risk for less advanced
>> users - so ECMA datestyle is very adequate solution.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Pavel
>>
> i don't particularly need anything other than ECMA datestyle - i was just
> under the impression that a more generic solution was preferred.  so, ECMA
> is enough to stop me from making any more noise about this.

a general solution is not simple - there is possible a SQL injection
and therefore result must be escaped, and it means some overhead

else - is very common a good style to use functions to_char, to_date
or to_timestamp functions. Then your application will be more robust.
Using default datestyle is user friendly technique, but it can be
source of some issues - is better don't use it for large and complex
application.

Regards

Pavel


>
> pavel, is there a way i can use this currently?  if not, would it take much
> effort to make this public?
>
> thanks,
>
> ben...