>>> On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 9:34 AM, in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Roberts,
Jon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> select to_char(date, 'yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss.ms') as char,
> date
> from (select timestamp'2008-01-30 15:06:21.560' as date) sub
>
> "2008-01-30 15:06:21.560";"2008-01-30 15:06:21.56"
>
> These two fields should be consistent because they should be formatted
> the same way.
Why would you think that?
I would expect the timestamp to be presented with one to nine
digits to the right of the decimal point, depending on the value.
I can think of a couple database products which only go to three
decimal positions, and always show three, but that's hardly a
standard.
-Kevin
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