Re: Date calculation functions : Informix bug?
Posted in 1996
> > By reductio ad adsurdum we must conclude that 'adding/subtracting 1 month > from a date' is NOT a meaningful and well-defined operation. > > Therefore Informix is quite right to give you an error message! > Might I suggest that real world requirements are frequently at odds with simple mathematics? cheers j. ________________________________________________________________________ Jack Parker - Hewlett Packard, DMD/IS Boise, Idaho, USA jparker@boi.hp.com Currently on loan to PLD/PE ________________________________________________________________________ Outside of a dog a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. (Groucho Marx) ________________________________________________________________________ Any opinions expressed herein are my own and not those of my employers. ________________________________________________________________________