"Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD" <ZeugswetterA@spardat.at> writes:
> Imho it would be nice if we could allow "select timestamp(xxx);",
> and this has been the umpteenth request in this regard, and 7.2 is not even
> released yet.
Unfortunately, there's just no way. If we tried, it would be ambiguous
whether, say, "timestamp(6)" is a function call or a type name.
This is not one of my favorite parts of SQL92 syntax :-(
regards, tom lane