On Wed, Nov 07, 2007 at 10:35:08AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > "Amitanand Chikorde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I want to convert MAX(mydate) from myTable to Epoch. > > Do you mean > SELECT EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM MAX(mydate)) FROM myTable
Is using casts for the same purpose deprecated? SELECT current_date::timestamp::abstime::int4; Or less efficient? ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match