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Bruce Momjian c10e6bcbed Attempting to insert a value of 'now' into a datetime type results in a bogus datetime value under AlphaLinux. (Note that the link to submit a port-specific bug on your website is broken) -Test Case: ---------- testdb=> create table dttest (dt datetime); testdb=> insert into dttest values ('now'); -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Solution: --------- The basic problem is the typedefs of AbsoluteTime and RelativeTime, which are both 'int32'. These types appear to be used synonymously with the 'time_t' type, which on AlphaLinux is typedef'd as a 'long int', which is 64-bits (not 32). The solution included here fixes the datetime type (it now passes the regression test), but does not pass the absolute and relative time regression tests. Presumably, a more thorough investigation of how these types are used is warranted. The included patch is from the v6.3.2 source, but can be applied to the v6.4.2 source. Please note that there is also a RedHat-specific patch distributed with the PostgreSQL source package from RedHat that was applied first. Rich Edwards		1999-03-14 16:44:02 +00:00
contrib	i have made minor changes to array_iterator to make it work with	1999-01-21 22:40:16 +00:00
doc	Patches for the SGML documentation relating	1999-03-14 15:24:15 +00:00
src	Attempting to insert a value of 'now' into a datetime type	1999-03-14 16:44:02 +00:00
COPYRIGHT	From: David Friend <dfriend@atlsci.atlsci.com>	1997-05-11 06:18:33 +00:00
HISTORY	update HISTORY	1999-01-03 06:57:05 +00:00
INSTALL	Remove need for doc 'install man' in INSTALL file. install does both	1998-12-17 16:37:04 +00:00
README	Change the README file to show the upcoming 6.5 release...	1998-11-04 22:27:05 +00:00
register.txt	Update INSTALL, etc. for release 6.4. Update pgaccess to 0.88.	1998-08-30 01:40:52 +00:00

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PostgreSQL Data Base Management System (formerly known as Postgres, then
as Postgres95).
  
This directory contains the development version of 6.5 of the PostgreSQL
database server.  The server is not ANSI SQL compliant, but it gets
closer with every release.  After you unzip and untar the distribution
file, look at file INSTALL for the installation notes and file HISTORY
for the changes.

The latest version of this software may be obtained at
ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/.  For more information look at our WWW
home page located at http://www.postgreSQL.org/.

PostgreSQL is not public domain software.  It is copyrighted by the
University of California but may be used according to the licensing
terms of the the copyright below:

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POSTGRES95 Data Base Management System (formerly known as Postgres, then
as Postgres95).

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