Re: casting... adding integer to timestamp - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Frank Finner
Subject Re: casting... adding integer to timestamp
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Msg-id 20060625082823.247d0012.postgresql@finner.de
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In response to casting... adding integer to timestamp  (Mark Gibson <mark@gibsonsoftware.com>)
List pgsql-general
On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 23:23:57 -0600 Mark Gibson <mark@gibsonsoftware.com> thought long, then sat down and wrote:

> 
> 
> If play_length is a timestamp, I can do this:
> 
> SELECT  play_length - INTERVAL '13 seconds' ...
> 
> But what if play_seconds is a column?
> 
> SELECT  play_length - INTERVAL 'play_seconds seconds' ...
> 
> This doesn't work.
> 
> ERROR:  invalid input syntax for type interval: "play_seconds seconds"
> 

SELECT play_length - play_seconds... 
should do the trick, if play_sconds is of type interval. Otherwise you must explicitly cast it like 
SELECT play_length - play_seconds::interval...

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