On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 13:53, Wei Weng wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> How do I write a query that converts an interger to the interval type?
>
> Like convert integer 10 to INTERVAL '10 seconds'?
>
> The integer is a column in a table though, so it is more like convert
> integer tbl.theInteger to INTERVAL 'tbl.theInteger seconds".
A lot of the times, it's easiest to multiply it:
select ..... where somedatefield > now() - interval '1 minute' * 5
