Re: Help with syntax for timestamp addition

Ian Barwick wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:12:26 +0100, Patrick Fiche
>
> <patrick(dot)fiche(at)aqsacom(dot)com> wrote:
> > Have a try at this syntax
> >
> > SELECT number
> > FROM procedures
> > WHERE date + CAST( numdays || ' days' AS interval ) <=
> > CURRENT_TIMESTAMP;
>
> Just for the record you could write it like this too:
> SELECT number
> FROM procedures
> WHERE date + (numdays || ' days')::interval <= CURRENT_TIMESTAMP;

Just to add to the record, the mathematically sound way to write this
query would be this:

SELECT number
FROM procedures
WHERE date + numdays * interval '1 day' <= current_timestamp;

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Peter Eisentraut
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