Re: Select gives the wrong results - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Reid Thompson
Subject Re: Select gives the wrong results
Date
Msg-id F71C0DC6B4FD3648815AAA7F969E35290194EB53@sr002-2kexc.ateb.com
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In response to Select gives the wrong results  (Crystle Numan <crys@guidedvision.com>)
List pgsql-general
> Crystle Numan wrote:
>> Dear all:
>>
>> I am fairly knowledgeable about PostgreSQL but this behaviour is
>> stumping me. Any help would be wonderful. If you think it is a bug,
>> let me now and I'll file one.
>>
>> (select values in DB (date stamps) between Jan 1, 2000 and Jan 1,
>> 2005, no results)
>>
>> db_name=# SELECT * from person_detail WHERE field='2' AND
>> value>'946702800' AND value<'1104555600';
>>  id | person | field | value
>> ----+--------+-------+-------
>> (0 rows)
>>
>> (select values in DB (date stamps) between Jan 1, 2003 and Jan 1,
>> 2005, 4 results (!))
>>
>> db_name=# SELECT * from person_detail WHERE field='2' AND
>> value>'1041397200' AND value<'1104555600';
>>   id  | person | field |   value
>> ------+--------+-------+------------
>>  1187 |    454 |     2 | 1051156800
>>  1188 |    460 |     2 | 1053316800
>>  1219 |    472 |     2 | 1057723200
>>  1181 |    441 |     2 | 1042520400
>> (4 rows)
>>
>> The first select should have those 4 results plus any more. We tried
>> putting quotes (") around the word 'value' to see if that made a
>> difference, and no it didn't. We tried reversing the two clauses and
>> that made no difference.
>>
>> Here's another funny one. Not the one that doesn't belong.
>>
>> db_name=# SELECT * from person_detail WHERE field='2' AND
>> value>='1000000001' AND value<='1104555600';
>>   id  | person | field |   value
>> ------+--------+-------+------------
>>     3 |    218 |     2 | 1017464400
>>   253 |    295 |     2 | 1002340800
>>   514 |    323 |     2 | 100155600
>>  1126 |    405 |     2 | 1006750800
>>  1179 |    439 |     2 | 1035172800
>>  1187 |    454 |     2 | 1051156800
>>  1188 |    460 |     2 | 1053316800
>>  1219 |    472 |     2 | 1057723200
>>  1181 |    441 |     2 | 1042520400
>>  1152 |    434 |     2 | 1032321600
>>  1129 |    410 |     2 | 1024027200
>> (11 rows)
>>
>> Anyone see what's going on here?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Crystle
>>
>>
>>
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Assuming that value is epoch date,

 $ psql test -c "select date(1051156800)"
     date
 ------------
  2003-04-24
 (1 row)

 $ psql test -c "select date(1053316800)"
     date
 ------------
  2003-05-19
 (1 row)

 $ psql test -c "select date(0)"
     date
 ------------
  1969-12-31
 (1 row)

 $ psql test -c "select date(86400)"
     date
 ------------
  1970-01-01
 (1 row)

Then wouldn't something along the lines of:
    SELECT * from person_detail WHERE field='2' AND value between
date(1000000001) and date(1104555600); work....

reid


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