I figured it out. This works:
travel_window INTERVAL;
drv_time FLOAT;
drv_time = miles / 45.0; -- drive time
travel_window = quote_literal(drv_time || '' hours'');
The variable, travel_window becomes: @ 10 hours 50 mins 40 secs, which is
what I wanted.
If anybody knows any other ways, I'd be interested in see that too.
On Tuesday 11 January 2005 04:42 pm, Terry Lee Tucker saith:
> Hello:
>
> I'm trying to figure out how to convert a floating point value into an
> interval of time. I'm calculating the time required to drive from point A
> to point B. For the sake of this question, we'll just say it is
> miles/speed. So:
>
> drv_time = 478 / 45.0;
>
> The value of this is: 10.6222222222222222
>
> Is there a way of converting this value to an interval. It seems that
> INTERVAL only works with a quoted literal value.
>
> If I type:
> rnd=# select interval '10.8444444444444444 hours';
> interval
> ----------------------------
> @ 10 hours 50 mins 40 secs
> (1 row)
>
> Anybody have an pointers?
>
> Thanks...
>
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