Re: [ADMIN] SELECT and DATE Function question

2006-09-11 Thread Aaron Bono
On 9/11/06, Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "Aaron Bono" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:> Use:> select start_date + (cast(number_of_days as text) || ' days')::interval from> blah This is a pretty awful way to do it, much better isselect start_date + number_of_days * '1 day'::interval ...whi

Re: [ADMIN] SELECT and DATE Function question

2006-09-11 Thread Tom Lane
"Aaron Bono" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Use: > select start_date + (cast(number_of_days as text) || ' days')::interval from > blah This is a pretty awful way to do it, much better is select start_date + number_of_days * '1 day'::interval ... which reduces to basically one multiplicat

Re: [ADMIN] SELECT and DATE Function question

2006-09-11 Thread Jason Topaz
On Mon, 2006-09-11 at 16:53 +1200, Mike C wrote: > create table blah (start_date timestamp, number_of_days integer); > insert into blah values (current_timestamp, 25); > select start_date + number_of_days from blah; > > The error I get is: > > ERROR: operator does not exist: timestamp without

Re: [ADMIN] SELECT and DATE Function question

2006-09-10 Thread Mike C
That works great, thank you!MikeOn 9/11/06, Aaron Bono <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 9/10/06, Mike C <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Hi,I'm trying to calculate an expiration date by adding the number of days onto the start date. i.e. select start_date + number_of_days from blah; create table blah (sta

Re: [ADMIN] SELECT and DATE Function question

2006-09-10 Thread Aaron Bono
On 9/10/06, Mike C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi,I'm trying to calculate an expiration date by adding the number of days onto the start date. i.e. select start_date + number_of_days from blah; create table blah (start_date timestamp, number_of_days integer); insert into blah values (current_timesta