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From: Christopher Kings-Lynne <[email protected]>
To: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
Cc: Hackers <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: 7.4 compatibility question
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 12:18:59 +0800
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>>Now that DEFAULT 'now' will not work in PostgreSQL 7.4,  will DEFAULT 
>>'infinity' and DEFAULT '-infinity' and the like stop working as well? 
> 
> 
> No, because those values don't change over time.  The issue here is when
> exactly does the default value get evaluated...

Ah, of course - but what about 'yesterday' and 'tomorrow' - these should 
also be mentioned in the release notes.

Chris

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