On Dec 24, 2009, at 12:53 PM, Adrian Klaver wrote:

On Thursday 24 December 2009 1:44:58 pm Israel Brewster wrote:
This is sort of a PostgreSQL question/sort of a general SQL question,
so I apologize if this isn't the best place to ask. At any rate, I
know in PostgreSQL you can issue a command like 'SELECT
"time"(timestamp_column) from table_name' to get the time part of a
timestamp. The problem is that this command for some reason requires
quotes around the "time" function name, which breaks the command when
used in SQLite (I don't know about MySQL yet, but I suspect the same
would be true there). The program I am working on is designed to work
with all three types of databases (SQLite, PostgreSQL, and MySQL) so
it would be nice (save me some programing) if there was a single SQL
statement to get the time portion of a timestamp that would work with
all three. Is there such a beast? On a related note, why do we need
the quotes around "time" for the function to work in PostgreSQL? the
date function doesn't need them, so I know it's not just a general
PostgreSQL formating difference. Thanks :)
-----------------------------------------------
Israel Brewster
Computer Support Technician II
Frontier Flying Service Inc.
5245 Airport Industrial Rd
Fairbanks, AK 99709
(907) 450-7250 x293
-----------------------------------------------

select cast(timestamp_column as time) from table_name

Didn't realize you could do that- thanks. This does work, sort of... In PosgreSQL, it returns the time portion of the timestamp as desired. However, in SQLite, while the function runs, it returns the year portion of the timestamp, rather than the time. That would seem to be a SQLite issue/question however. Thanks for the suggestion.


--
Adrian Klaver
akla...@comcast.net

--
Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org)
To make changes to your subscription:
http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general

-----------------------------------------------
Israel Brewster
Computer Support Technician II
Frontier Flying Service Inc.
5245 Airport Industrial Rd
Fairbanks, AK 99709
(907) 450-7250 x293
-----------------------------------------------

BEGIN:VCARD
VERSION:3.0
N:Brewster;Israel;;;
FN:Israel Brewster
ORG:Frontier Flying Service;MIS
TITLE:PC Support Tech II
EMAIL;type=INTERNET;type=WORK;type=pref:isr...@frontierflying.com
TEL;type=WORK;type=pref:907-450-7293
item1.ADR;type=WORK;type=pref:;;5245 Airport Industrial Wy;Fairbanks;AK;99701;
item1.X-ABADR:us
CATEGORIES:General
X-ABUID:36305438-95EA-4410-91AB-45D16CABCDDC\:ABPerson
END:VCARD


-- 
Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org)
To make changes to your subscription:
http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general

Reply via email to