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Re: GUC time unit spelling a bit inconsistent

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2007-06-20T21:18:31Z
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Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> If SQL was not a popular standard, we would drop it.  You and Alvaro are
> saying that 'm' for meter and 'min' for minute is commonly recognized
> outside the USA/UK, so that is good enough for me to say that the
> existing setup is fine.

If we're not going to make the units-parsing any more friendly, for
gosh sakes let's at least make it give a HINT about what it will accept.

			regards, tom lane