2016-07-05 2:39 GMT+02:00 Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum <adsm...@wars-nicht.de>:
> On 04.07.2016 18:37, Pavel Stehule wrote: > >> >> I don't know if the name "strict" is best, but the name "validate" is >> not good too. Current to_date does some validations too. >> > > Obviously not enough, because it allows invalid dates. I'd say that the > current to_date() merely validates the input format for string parsing, and > that the date is in range. But there is not much validation on the date > itself. > > So the name can't be "strict" because of the conflict with "NULL" > handling, and you don't like "valid" - what other options do you offer? I have not - so third option looks best for me - it can be long name "only_correct_date", "only_valid_date", "only_valid_date_on_input" ... Pavel > > > -- > Andreas 'ads' Scherbaum > German PostgreSQL User Group > European PostgreSQL User Group - Board of Directors > Volunteer Regional Contact, Germany - PostgreSQL Project >
