Re: Refining query statement - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Rich Shepard
Subject Re: Refining query statement
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Msg-id alpine.LNX.2.20.1901171043301.18965@salmo.appl-ecosys.com
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In response to Re: Refining query statement  (Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@aklaver.com>)
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On Thu, 17 Jan 2019, Adrian Klaver wrote:

> It would produce results, so yes it would work. The question are they the
> results you want?

Adrian,

   To which the answer is no as I just discovered.

> The above would return anything with a next_contact less then today. That
> could extend backwards to some undetermined point in the past, depending
> on how diligent you where on updating next_contact. Before you go much
> further I would look over the suggestions posted and then sit down with
> pen and paper and figure out what it you want to track and how you are
> going to maintain that tracking. Then draw up an outline of how you will
> achieve that in code.

   I have that tracking defined (who is active and needs a contact today or
earlier) and am now working on how to code it so only the last contact for a
person is examined to determine if the active column = true. I'll ponder
that.

Thanks,

Rich



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