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From Rich Shepard
Subject Date Math
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.64.0705070931310.20021@salmo.appl-ecosys.com
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   I've read both Section 8.5 of the on-line 8.2.4 docs, and the pertinent
sections of Douglas & Douglas, and I'm still not certain that I'm correctly
expressing the query I want. Please correct as needed.

   From table (Permits) I want to identify those which expire within a
specified time from today. For example:

     SELECT permit_nbr, title, date_issued, term,
         process_time from Permits
     WHERE (date_issued + term YEARS)
         < (CURRENT_DATE + process_time MONTHS);

   Should I use TODAY rather than CURRENT_DATE? Do I need to cast intervals
explicitly from seconds to days, months, or years?

Rich

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