RE: [SQL] timespan question: using value from row in select - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Jackson, DeJuan
Subject RE: [SQL] timespan question: using value from row in select
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Msg-id F10BB1FAF801D111829B0060971D839F489EF4@cpsmail
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> Hi folks,
>
> I'm trying to write a SELECT statement that uses a min_age column
> (integer expressing a number of years) as part of a timespan:
>
> select * from users U where
>    age('now', '01-01-1970') >= timespan('U.min_age years'::timespan);
>                                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
try:
  SELECT * FROM users U WHERE
   AGE('now', '1/1/1997') >= (U.min_age::text || ' years')::timespan;

> ERROR:  parser: parse error at or near "error"
>
>
> Is there some way to do this? I want to convert an int expressing
> years
> into a timespan, within a select statement.
>
> Thanks for any insights on how to do this.
>
> --Michael

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