Thanks, that was exactly what I needed.

Larry

]At 11:11 PM 10/24/2004, Tom Lane wrote:
Larry Lennhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> What I want to do is find all the rows in
> A which were built before now() - build_interval seconds ago.  If I could
> just write this in SQL it would look something like:

> SELECT A.id FROM A JOIN B ON (join_col) WHERE built_on < now() - interval
> 'build_interval seconds';

You are confused about the difference between a literal constant and an
expression.   Try something like

.. WHERE built_on < now() - build_interval * interval '1 second';

which relies on the number-times-interval operator.

regards, tom lane


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