From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | "Emils Klotins" <emils(at)mail(dot)usis(dot)bkc(dot)lv> |
Cc: | pgsql-sql(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: [SQL] date_part - multiple values in format? |
Date: | 2000-03-02 15:46:03 |
Message-ID: | 8873.952011963@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Emils Klotins" <emils(at)mail(dot)usis(dot)bkc(dot)lv> writes:
> I am looking basically for something like:
> select date_part('%d %m %y', now()::datetime);
I think to_char() addresses this in 7.0, although it doesn't use
the strftime formatting conventions (blame Oracle for that ;-)).
See http://www.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/functions2569.htm
> Will there be a possibility of string concatenation in 7.x so that
> I don't have to put all the concats in brackets? (ie. currently I
> have to: ((((X || Y) || Z ) || A) || B)
> which is of course also rather clumsy and leads to lots of
> typos in case of more complex expressions.
What?
regression=# select 'a'::text || 'b'::text || 'c'::text;
?column?
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abc
(1 row)
6.5.3 behaves the same ...
regards, tom lane
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