Re: INTERVAL overflow detection is terribly broken

Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
> Oh, one odd thing about this patch.  I found I needed to use INT64_MAX,
> but I don't see it used anywhere else in our codebase.  Is this OK?  Is
> there a better way?

Most of the overflow tests in int.c and int8.c are coded to avoid relying
on the MIN or MAX constants; which seemed like better style at the time.
I'm not sure whether relying on INT64_MAX to exist is portable.
        regards, tom lane