Re: possible ODBC bug with '-infinity'

[Richard Broersma Jr <rabroersma(at)yahoo(dot)com>]

--- On Mon, 12/3/07, Andrei Kovalevski <andyk(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:

> Are you sure these values are equal? Try this in PgAdmin:
> 
> create table t (t timestamp);
> insert into t values ('-infinity');
> insert into t values ('infinity');
> insert into t values ('9999-12-31 23:59:59');
> insert into t values ('5874897-12-31 23:59:59');
> insert into t values ('5874897-12-31
> 23:59:59.999999999');
> --insert into t values ('5874898-01-01 00:00:00');
> select t::date, t::time, t::timestamp, t::varchar from t;

Now the real question is, "What does and ODBC client do with these value?".

Also, don't forget to include values for -infinity and other timestamps that are smaller than what the client side application can display.