Re: sum ( time) problem - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Willem de Jong
Subject Re: sum ( time) problem
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Msg-id Xns95015355D7F61Jongdatdnaservicesdo@200.46.204.72
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In response to Re: sum ( time) problem  (Willem de Jong <Willumpie@xs4all.nl>)
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I'm afraid it is the only solution...
Thanks for reply


bruno@wolff.to (Bruno Wolff III) wrote in news:20040601140334.GA24188
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> On Thu, May 27, 2004 at 11:14:58 +0000,
>   Willem de Jong <Willumpie@xs4all.nl> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> If i do a sum(time) the result is like this '1 day 18:00:00'. But i'd
>> >> like to get a result like this '42:00:00'.
>> >>
>> >> How can i realise is by a query?
> 
> You can do something like the following: (not completely tested)
> select extract(epoch from sum(time))/3600 || ':' ||
>   extract(minutes from sum(time)) || ':' ||
>   extract(seconds from sum(time));
> 
> I am not sure if the above will work right for negative intervals.
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