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

-------------- 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

I just tried this and got the following which is also what I got when using 'millisecond'

Select 134987 * interval '1 msec';
ERROR: invalid input syntax for type interval: "1 msec"

SELECT version();
version
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PostgreSQL 8.2.3 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc (GCC) 4.0.3 (Ubuntu 4.0.3-1ubuntu5)

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Adrian Klaver
aklaver(at)comcast(dot)net