[Sqlalchemy-tickets] [sqlalchemy] #2740: remove the ::interval cast in the postgresql dialect

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#2740: remove the ::interval cast in the postgresql dialect
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 Reporter:  zzzeek    |           Owner:  zzzeek
     Type:  defect    |          Status:  new
 Priority:  medium    |       Milestone:  0.9.0
Component:  postgres  |        Severity:  minor - half an hour
 Keywords:            |  Progress State:  in queue
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 this seems to be there since it's beginning (see raca84bebb091a51ceeb),
 but gets in the way when timezone-aware comparisons are needed.   leave it
 up to the DBAPI to handle typecasts now, and if we really needed a type-
 specific workaround we could even use type-level SQL expressions.

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Ticket URL: <http://www.sqlalchemy.org/trac/ticket/2740>
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