In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm pretty sure in 7.0 postgres, (but I may be wrong) you could insert > directly from a perl script something like this: > $time = time; # this gives epoch seconds > $sql = "insert into mytable values(..., timestamp($time), ...) "; > > And then the $sql string would run with the DBI call, etc. > > When I tried the same script on 7.2, it would not take it. I think I > once found another way to do it in 7.2. Of course, I can create a > formatted string in perl that will be accepted by the insert, but it > seems inefficient to have to do it through strings. > > Boyd tbmooreATbealenetDOTcom Sorry - five minutes later, I found it - You just use abstime as the function to convert, as in: "insert into mytable values(..., abstime($time), ...) "; Boyd tbmooreATbealenetDOTcom ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 8: explain analyze is your friend
