X-Original-To: pgsql-hackers-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5831AD1E73F for ; Fri, 30 Apr 2004 21:25:33 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 04810-08 for ; Fri, 30 Apr 2004 21:25:15 -0300 (ADT) Received: from candle.pha.pa.us (candle.pha.pa.us [207.106.42.251]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7D27D1E932 for ; Fri, 30 Apr 2004 21:25:11 -0300 (ADT) Received: (from pgman@localhost) by candle.pha.pa.us (8.11.6/8.11.6) id i410OWO02193; Fri, 30 Apr 2004 20:24:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Bruce Momjian Message-Id: <200405010024.i410OWO02193@candle.pha.pa.us> Subject: Re: ecpg and the timezone database In-Reply-To: <4068.24.211.141.25.1083366335.squirrel@www.dunslane.net> To: Andrew Dunstan Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 20:24:32 -0400 (EDT) Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL108 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 tagged_above=0.0 required=5.0 tests= X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200404/1149 X-Sequence-Number: 53071 Andrew Dunstan wrote: > Bruce Momjian said: > > Does ecpg need to use the same timezone database as the backend? > > > > I just committed code so it will not, but I am not sure. > > > > surely all clients should be utterly ignorant of what the backend uses? OK, just asking the question to be sure. I was a little concerned that ecpg would be looking at some binary data from the backend and trying to do some timezone comparison on it. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073