Re: Using SELECT WHERE - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Christian Armeanu
Subject Re: Using SELECT WHERE
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Msg-id 40859EFA.6070205@vote4ad.com
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In response to Using SELECT WHERE  (Michal Lijowski <michal@cvu.wustl.edu>)
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Hey Michal,

Well, modify your select statement formatting the implant date including
the time and you'll answer your question yourself ;-)
What I'm saying is that a date field also includes time information and
this is causing your results.

Cheers,
Chris


Michal Lijowski wrote:

>I made a database and I would like to select entries
>which have data not equal to the specified date.
>I have postgresql-7.3.4-11  on Red Hat Fedora Core 1.
>
>Here is the command
>
>RabStudies=> SELECT RabNo, ImplantDate, Comments    FROM RabStudiesInfo
>where  implantdate <> 0001-01-01;
>
>and I get
>
> rabno | implantdate |                                     comments
>
>   307 | 2004-02-23  |  No mimetic No target
>   309 | 2004-02-23  |  No mimetic No target; Frame 12 study terminated
>   314 | 2004-02-27  |  No mimetic No target
>   311 | 2004-02-27  |  No mimetic No target
>   310 | 2004-02-26  |  No mimetic No target No decoy
>   315 | 0001-01-01  |  No Tumor
>   320 | 0001-01-01  |  No Tumor
>   316 | 0001-01-01  |  No Tumor
>   313 | 0001-01-01  |  No Tumor
>
>Why entries with implandate are listed?
>It is the same when I use != instead of <>.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Michal
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