Re: timestamp interval issue

From: "Lonni J Friedman" <netllama(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Michael Glaesemann" <grzm(at)seespotcode(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: timestamp interval issue
Date: 2007-10-05 23:53:04
Message-ID: 7c1574a90710051653r233922b5j3c56d3d3bc371913@mail.gmail.com
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-novice

On 10/5/07, Michael Glaesemann <grzm(at)seespotcode(dot)net> wrote:
>
> On Oct 5, 2007, at 18:46 , Lonni J Friedman wrote:
>
> > Thanks. I gave this a try (cut & paste exactly what you provided), but
> > I'm getting a syntax error at the final semicolon?
>
> Ah. I forgot the END of the CASE statement. Give this a try:
>
> select count(date_created)
> from footable0
> where case when current_time < '16:00'::time
> then date_created between (current_date - 1) + interval
> '16 hours'
> and current_date + interval '16 hours'
> else date_created between current_date + interval '16 hours'
> and (current_date + 1) + interval '16
> hours'
> end;

That looks perfect. At least, after a few simple tests its returning
expected results. I'll beat on this some more over the weekend.

I didn't even realize that PostgreSQL supported conditional
statements. Had I known, this would have been alot easier. Guess I
need to RTFM alot more.

Many thanks!

In response to

Responses

Browse pgsql-novice by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Michael Glaesemann 2007-10-05 23:57:37 Re: timestamp interval issue
Previous Message Michael Glaesemann 2007-10-05 23:48:23 Re: timestamp interval issue