Re: Script errors on run - Mailing list pgsql-general

On Wed, 4 Jun 2008, Ralph Smith wrote:

>    -- ==========================================
>    good_date := to_date(year||'-'||month||'-'||day , 'YYYY-MM-DD') ;
>
>    RAISE INFO 'good_date =  %', good_date ;
>
>    UsecsD := EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM DATE 'good_date') ;

You want something like:
 UsecsD := EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM good_date);

Note the lack of single quotes. You want to use the variable's value, not
a literal string with the value 'good_date'.