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From Doppelganger
Subject convert sum (interval) to seconds
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Msg-id 1031049935.25016.14.camel@tiger-work.sni.ph
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Responses Re: convert sum (interval) to seconds  (Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk>)
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How can I convert sum(interval) to seconds?


select sum(interval_field) from tablename where condition=condition;

ID  |  LOGIN  | INTERVAL
--------------------------
1   |  JOHN   |  00:00:18
2   |  JOHN   |  00:45:10

If I say, 
select sum(interval) from tablename where login='john';
it will give me 00:45:28 (That's 45 mins, and 28 secs).
How can I convert that to seconds? Can I possibly do it
in just one query? Thank you



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