Re: [SQL] merging date and time

miannaco(at)csc(dot)com wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I'm experiencing some problems to create a view in which I put together a
> date and a time in the same field...

>
> ERROR: Bad datetime external representation 'Mon 22 Mar 00:00:00 1999
> MET14:45:27'
>
> does anyone have an idea about how to solve this?

Well, the error is exactly what it says - that's not a date time. AS you
can see, the text version of the 'date' type includes a time of
00:00:00. This lead us to a clue - you need to add the time to the date
before the conversion:

test=> create table t1 (d date, t text);
CREATE
test=> insert into t1 values('22-03-1999','14:45:27');
INSERT 101293 1
test=> select datetime(d+timespan(t)) from t1;
datetime
----------------------------
Mon Mar 22 14:45:27 1999 CST
(1 row)

test=> drop table t1;
DROP
test=>

HTH,
Ross

P.S. no need to send your question twice - and it appeared three times!

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Ross J. Reedstrom, Ph.D., <reedstrm(at)rice(dot)edu>
NSBRI Research Scientist/Programmer
Computer and Information Technology Institute
Rice University, 6100 S. Main St., Houston, TX 77005