This turned out to be much simpler than I thought.
create view crm_script_details as
select *,
(CURRENT_DATE-(cs_age_max::text || 'months')::interval)::date as
start_date,
(CURRENT_DATE-(cs_age_min::text || 'months')::interval)::date as end_date
from crm_scripts;
On Wednesday 04 June 2008 09:44, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> Hi folks
>
> I've got the following table and view and I don't know exactly how to get
> what I want.
>
> The table contains integers for the number of months.
> I want the view to convert those month integers to intervals that it can
> add/subtract from a date.
>
> create table crm_scripts (
> cs_id int4 primary key,
> cs_title varchar(100),
> cs_age_min int4,
> cs_age_max int4,
> cs_script text);
>
> create view crm_script_details as
> select *,
> CURRENT_DATE-cs_age_max as start_date,
> CURRENT_DATE-cs_age_min as end_date,
> from crm_scripts;
>
> If cs_age_min is 6 I need start_date to be CURRENT_DATE-'6
> months'::interval
>
> Any ideas?
> --
> Gary Stainburn
>
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