Re: to_char replacement

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Frank Bax wrote:
> 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.

Agreed.  I think we were a little too concise in that statement. Here is
the updated wording:

      The 8.1 release will remove the <function>to_char()</> function
      for intervals.

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