Re: timestamp no fractional seconds - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Pavel Stehule
Subject Re: timestamp no fractional seconds
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Msg-id 162867790906020940g7b21fad9u1b8d2bf23e01cc81@mail.gmail.com
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In response to timestamp no fractional seconds  (Brandon Metcalf <brandon@geronimoalloys.com>)
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Hello

use timestamp(0)

timestamp[0] means array of timestamps

regards
Pavel Stehule

2009/6/2 Brandon Metcalf <brandon@geronimoalloys.com>:
> I need to create a table with two columns of type timestamp but I
> don't want to store any fractional part of the seconds field.  So,
> I created a table with:
>
>  CREATE TABLE timeclock (
>      timeclock_id  SERIAL,
>      employee_id   INTEGER,
>      clockin       TIMESTAMP[0]    NOT NULL,
>      clockout      TIMESTAMP[0]    DEFAULT NULL,
>
>      PRIMARY KEY (timeclock_id),
>
>      FOREIGN KEY (employee_id)
>          REFERENCES employee
>          ON DELETE RESTRICT
>          ON UPDATE CASCADE
>  );
>
> But now I can no longer insert a timestamp as I normally would:
>
>  gms=# insert into timeclock (employee_id,clockin,clockout) values(3169,now(),null);
>  ERROR:  column "clockin" is of type timestamp without time zone[] but expression is of type timestamp with time zone
>  LINE 1: insert into timeclock (employee_id,clockin,clockout) values(...
>                                             ^
>  HINT:  You will need to rewrite or cast the expression.
>
> If I cast it, I get something really strange:
>
>  gms=# insert into timeclock (employee_id,clockin,clockout) values(3169,now()::timestamp,null);
>  ERROR:  column "clockin" is of type timestamp without time zone[] but expression is of type timestamp without time
zone
>  LINE 1: insert into timeclock (employee_id,clockin,clockout) values(...
>                                             ^
>  HINT:  You will need to rewrite or cast the expression.
>
> Am I creating the table correctly?  If so, how do I insert or update
> rows?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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