Re: How to get CURRENT_DATE in a pl/pgSQL function

2010/5/18 Richard Broersma <richard(dot)broersma(at)gmail(dot)com>:
> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Kenneth Marshall <ktm(at)rice(dot)edu> wrote:
>
>> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/static/functions-datetime.html#FUNCTIONS-DATETIME-CURRENT
>>
>> you can use CURRENT_DATE. When I try to use it in
>> the following pl/pgSQL function it gives the error:
>
>> BEGIN
>>    curtime := 'CURRENT_DATE';
>>    LOOP
>
>
> I'm not "up" on my pl/pgSQL, but isn't CURRENT_DATE a literal value so
> it shouldn't to be enclosed in single quotes?

no - it is mutable constant

postgres=#
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION fo()
RETURNS date AS $$
DECLARE d date;
BEGIN
d := CURRENT_DATE;
RETURN d;
END;
$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
CREATE FUNCTION
Time: 450.665 ms
postgres=# select fo();
fo
────────────
2010-05-18
(1 row)

Regards
Pavel Stehule

>
> Another idea would be to:  CAST( now() AS DATE )
>
>
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