diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml index b772a23e583ce922ccde2e4a7b6b728d9df56f0d..85ae00e8de6d5d824fb49162e8de7d939d1128f5 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.234 2005/06/04 20:42:41 momjian Exp $ --> +<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.235 2005/06/12 15:51:50 tgl Exp $ --> <chapter id="installation"> <title><![%standalone-include[<productname>PostgreSQL</>]]> @@ -873,6 +873,21 @@ su - postgres </listitem> </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term><option>--enable-integer-datetimes</option></term> + <listitem> + <para> + Use 64-bit integer storage for datetimes and intervals, rather + than the default floating-point storage. This reduces the range + of representable values but guarantees microsecond precision across + the full range (see <xref linkend="datatype-datetime"> for more + information). Note also that the integer datetimes code is newer + than the floating-point code, and we still find bugs in it from time + to time. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> <term><option>--disable-spinlocks</option></term> <listitem>