substring ..

From: Jeff MacDonald <jeff(at)hub(dot)org>
To: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: substring ..
Date: 2000-12-19 19:06:47
Message-ID: Pine.BSF.4.21.0012191505370.3386-100000@rage.hub.org
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hi folks..

i want to do this to a datetime field..

select foo from table where substr(datefoo,1,11) = '2000-12-14';

it returns no results yet..

select substr(datefoo,1,11) does return some values that say
2000-12-14

any clues ?

Jeff MacDonald,

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