The interval datatype can go to microsecond precision though currently
the smallest unit is seconds. Microseconds are represented as decimal
places, eg 5 microseconds is 0.05 seconds.
To insert microseconds I have to use the following line, ($1*0.01 ||
' seconds')::interval
Being
David Tulloh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
To insert microseconds I have to use the following line, ($1*0.01 ||
' seconds')::interval
Actually, the preferred way to do that is to use the numeric-times-interval
operator, eg
regression=# select 7 * '0.01 second'::interval;
?column?
On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 10:30:30AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
David Tulloh [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
To insert microseconds I have to use the following line, ($1*0.01 ||
' seconds')::interval
Actually, the preferred way to do that is to use the numeric-times-interval
operator, eg
This generalizes to any scale factor you care to use, eg fortnights...
so I don't see a pressing need to add microseconds.
Perhaps an argument for adding microseconds to interval declarations is
that you can extract them using extract()... Those two lists of allowed
scales should be the
