Re: to_timestamp() changes in 8.4 release notes

Brendan Jurd <direvus@gmail.com> writes:
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 1:06 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> I guess though your point is that this is part of the general tightening
>> of to_timestamp()'s error checking, and doesn't need a separate entry?

> You guess correctly =)

> There might be some value in changing the wording of that paragraph
> about the "general tightening" to emphasise that queries which
> previously succeeded (with some parts being misinterpreted or silently
> disregarded) will now throw an error.

OK, done.  I wrote
       Previous versions would often ignore or silently misread input       that did not match the format string.  Such
caseswill now       result in an error.
 
        regards, tom lane