From: | "Ryan Hansen" <ryan(dot)hansen(at)brightbuilders(dot)com> |
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To: | <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Date Index |
Date: | 2008-11-03 22:57:25 |
Message-ID: | 000b01c93e07$8a2c44e0$9e84cea0$@hansen@brightbuilders.com |
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Incidentally, extract(date from ts) doesn't work on my install of 8.3
(standard Ubuntu Hardy apt install). I get a "timestamp units "date" not
recognized" error when I try it. The field I'm trying to create it on is
"timestamp without time zone".
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From: pgsql-sql-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org [mailto:pgsql-sql-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org]
On Behalf Of A. Kretschmer
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 1:49 AM
To: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [SQL] Date Index
am Thu, dem 30.10.2008, um 14:49:16 -0600 mailte Ryan Hansen folgendes:
> Hey all,
>
>
>
> I?m apparently too lazy to figure this out on my own so maybe one of you
can
> just make it easy on me. J
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> I want to index a timestamp field but I only want the index to include the
> yyyy-mm-dd portion of the date, not the time. I figure this would be
where the
> ?expression? portion of the CREATE INDEX syntax would come in, but I?m not
sure
> I understand what the syntax would be for this.
>
>
>
> Any suggestions?
Sure.
You can create an index based on a function, but only if the function is
immutable:
test=# create table foo (ts timestamptz);
CREATE TABLE
test=*# create index idx_foo on foo(extract(date from ts));
ERROR: functions in index expression must be marked IMMUTABLE
To solve this problem specify the timezone:
For the same table as above:
test=*# create index idx_foo on foo(extract(date from ts at time zone
'cet'));
CREATE INDEX
If you have a timestamp whitout timezone it is much easier:
test=# create table foo (ts timestamp);
CREATE TABLE
test=*# create index idx_foo on foo(extract(date from ts));
CREATE INDEX
Hope thats help, Andreas
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