Heh, that was easy, I must have been working for too long... :) Thanks
2008/1/25, Scott Marlowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Jan 25, 2008 1:06 PM, Marcin Krawczyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all. I am trying to determine the way to pass a variable/field value > to > > an age() function, query looks something like: > > > > SELECT age(timestamp data_zakonczenia_fakt) FROM kip_pracownicy_umowy > WHERE > > id_pracownika = 8 > > > > data_zakonczenia_fakt being char column equal to say '1993-11-30'. > > Such approach won't work, can anyone tell me the way to do it? > > > > SELECT age(timestamp '1993-11-30') works great. > > Same story with age(timestamp '2008-01-01', timestamp '1993-11-30'). > > You need an explicit cast: > > SELECT age(data_zakonczenia_fakt::timestamp) FROM kip_pracownicy_umowy > WHERE id_pracownika = 8 >