Re: FW: Re: Part 1 of several - Converting a varchar to an interval

From: aklaver(at)comcast(dot)net (Adrian Klaver)
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: FW: Re: Part 1 of several - Converting a varchar to an interval
Date: 2008-03-26 17:21:32
Message-ID: 032620081721.26418.47EA861C00020C960000673222135753339D0A900E04050E@comcast.net
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-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
> aklaver(at)comcast(dot)net (Adrian Klaver) writes:
> > select ('134987'::int/1000.00) * interval ' 1 second' ;
> > ?column?
> > --------------
> > 00:02:14.987
> > (1 row)
>
> Or even easier:
>
> regression=# select 134987 * interval '1 msec';
> ?column?
> --------------
> 00:02:14.987
> (1 row)
>
>
> regards, tom lane
>

That's the secret, I tried '1 millisecond' . Should have dug further.
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Adrian Klaver
aklaver(at)comcast(dot)net

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