Re: [SQL] datediff function - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Herouth Maoz
Subject Re: [SQL] datediff function
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Msg-id l03130300b3def2007db9@[147.233.159.109]
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In response to Re: [SQL] datediff function  ("tjk@tksoft.com" <tjk@tksoft.com>)
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At 02:26 +0300 on 17/08/1999, tjk@tksoft.com wrote:


>
> I think what you are looking for is age()
> E.g.
>
> "update schedule set purged = 0 where age('now',dayin) > timespan('30
>days'::reltime)"
>
> Presuming a table such as this:
>
> create table schedule (purged int, dayin datetime);
>
> This replaces "day" and "timein" with "dayin."

Basically correct, but if there is an index on dayin, it won't be used. The
best query to do would be

WHERE dayin > 'now'::datetime - '30 days'::timespan;

Herouth

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