At 12:44 PM 1/24/05, Michael Fuhr wrote:
On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 06:47:33PM +0200, Raul Secan wrote: > Hello, since to_char() function will no longer be available from > PostgreSQL 8.1 ... I might need to change that from my scripts. Eh? Where did you get the idea that to_char() was going away? The documentation says that to_char(interval, text) is deprecated and will be removed, but it says nothing about removing the function altogether.
Raul is not the only one who misread that sentence. I thought the same thing when I read it last week. Reading too quickly, I guess. After spending several minutes searching for a replacement function, I went back a reread it, understanding it the second time. Perhaps if to_char(interval, text) were marked with (*) in table and then (*) note at bottom, it would be clearer that this sentence does not apply to all arguments.
