-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 31 July 2003 09:05, teknokrat wrote: > The difference of two dates/timestamps always gives an interval. is > there a way to convert this interval into number such as number of > milliseconds or number of days? >
Take a look at the User's Guide. There is great documentation on the available functions to manipulate and extract useful information from dates and timestamps. I think the function you are looking for is "extract". > Also does anyone know what field type an interval would map to in jdbc? > Post this question it the interfaces list. I am sure they would be more helpful. - -- Jonathan Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Live Free, Use Linux! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/M84pWgwF3QvpWNwRAnOiAKC9t3rZNve8KyOgXyxMG/p75OxkTwCeP+Tv ZYuvijykpHJ3GZiwD6hIvnI= =onBr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html