Re: [PATCH] Add mssql_compat extension with DATEDIFF function
Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>
From: Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
Cc: Myles Lewis <myles93@sbcglobal.net>, pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2025-11-26T04:29:46Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Hi út 25. 11. 2025 v 21:15 odesílatel Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org> napsal: > On 25.11.25 04:25, Myles Lewis wrote: > > I'd like to propose a new contrib extension: mssql_compat, which provides > > SQL Server compatible date functions starting with DATEDIFF. > > I think this could best live as an external project. > > orafce is a similar project but for Oracle. There might also be others > for other products. For projects like this it is better to be an external project - it doesn't depend on Postgres release cycles - so development can be faster. Really, significantly faster. And there is bigger space for some experiments and improvements - and for future changes. Regards Pavel