Re: [SQL] Date type select

Yes, I made a big confusion.

The statement that you sent and George worked fine too.

Thanks,
Paulo K

"Jackson, DeJuan" wrote:
>
> I think you misunderstood, try:
> SELECT * FROM calls
> WHERE date_trunc('month', date_in)='9/1/1999'
> ORDER BY employee_nbr, date_in;
>
> 'date_trunc' is the function not my field name. Your method works well for
> date but might not for daytime's because of the hour:minutes:seconds
> specification, but that's another discussion.
> DEJ
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paulo Roberto Kappke [SMTP:paulok(at)cyclades(dot)com(dot)br]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 12:48 PM
> > To: Jackson, DeJuan
> > Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
> > Subject: Re: [SQL] Date type select
> >
> > OK DeJuan, but, probably your field's type is datetime and my type is
> > date. If I use your statement, I receive the following message:
> >
> > ERROR: No such function 'date_in' with the specified attributes
> >
> > By the way, I'm using the statement:
> >
> > SELECT * FROM calls WHERE date_in>='$month-01-$year' AND
> > date_in<='$month-31-$year' ORDER BY employee_nbr, date_in
> >
> > And it works fine.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Paulo K
> >
> > "Jackson, DeJuan" wrote:
> > >
> > > template1=> select date_trunc('month', now());
> > > date_trunc
> > > ----------------------------
> > > Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 1999 CDT
> > > (1 row)
> > >
> > > template1=> select date_trunc('month', now()) = '9/1/1999';
> > > ?column?
> > > --------
> > > t
> > > (1 row)
> > >
> > > Enjoy,
> > > DEJ
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Paulo Roberto Kappke [SMTP:paulok(at)cyclades(dot)com(dot)br]
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 8:13 AM
> > > > To: pgsql-sql(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
> > > > Subject: [SQL] Date type select
> > > >
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I'm having a problem to make a select statement with a date type
> > field.
> > > >
> > > > I have a table with a field named date_in and this field is a date
> > type.
> > > > Well, I need to do a select where the month is 09 and the year is
> > 1999.
> > > > I tried:
> > > >
> > > > SELECT * FROM calls WHERE date_in LIKE '09%1999' ORDER BY date_in
> > > >
> > > > or
> > > >
> > > > SELECT * FROM calls WHERE date_in LIKE '09-__-1999' ORDER BY date_in
> > > >
> > > > or
> > > >
> > > > SELECT * FROM calls WHERE date_in LIKE '09%' AND date_in LIKE '%1999'
> > > > ORDER BY date_in
> > > >
> > > > using psql command and I received the following message:
> > > >
> > > > ERROR: There is more than one possible operator '~~' for types 'date'
> > > > and 'unknown'
> > > > You will have to retype this query using an explicit cast
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Could anybody help me ?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance,
> > > > Paulo Kappke
> > > > Cyclades Brazil
> > > >
> > > > ************

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