On Fri, 2007-04-20 at 13:53, Wei Weng wrote: > Hi all. > > How do I write a query that converts an interger to the interval type? > > Like convert integer 10 to INTERVAL '10 seconds'? > > The integer is a column in a table though, so it is more like convert > integer tbl.theInteger to INTERVAL 'tbl.theInteger seconds".
A lot of the times, it's easiest to multiply it: select ..... where somedatefield > now() - interval '1 minute' * 5 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly