[SQL] querying a column w/ timestamp with timezone datatype

2012-01-30 Thread Anson Abraham
I an 9.1 PG database: I have a column which is a timestamp w/ time zone.
 So the value I have as one record in table is: 15:55:24.342848+00

If i want to find records less or greater than that timestamp, how do I
construct the query?

select * from schema.table where tscol >= '15:55:24.342848+00';
select * from schema.table where tscol >= '15:55:24.342848+00'::timestamp;
select * from schema.table where tscol >= cast('15:55:24.342848+00' as
timestamp with time zone);

do not work.  Do I have to convert the value to a string and substr to
15:55:24 and then convert back to a timestamp? It's been a long while since
I had to query a pg table w/ a timestamp with time zone value.  Any help
here would be appreciated.


Re: [SQL] querying a column w/ timestamp with timezone datatype

2012-01-30 Thread Steve Crawford

On 01/30/2012 07:00 AM, Anson Abraham wrote:
I an 9.1 PG database: I have a column which is a timestamp w/ time 
zone.  So the value I have as one record in table is: 15:55:24.342848+00


If i want to find records less or greater than that timestamp, how do 
I construct the query?


select * from schema.table where tscol >= '15:55:24.342848+00';
select * from schema.table where tscol >= '15:55:24.342848+00'::timestamp;
select * from schema.table where tscol >= cast('15:55:24.342848+00' as 
timestamp with time zone);


do not work.  Do I have to convert the value to a string and substr to 
15:55:24 and then convert back to a timestamp? It's been a long while 
since I had to query a pg table w/ a timestamp with time zone value. 
 Any help here would be appreciated.


Those aren't timestamps - timestamps include the date part.

Perhaps you are thinking about a *time* with time zone (a type that 
exists due to SQL requirements but which is a somewhat nonsensical type, 
the use of which is not recommended):

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/datatype-datetime.html#DATATYPE-TIMEZONES

Cheers,
Steve


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