Re: [SQL] conversi ms-sql7 vs postgresql 7.3

2003-02-10 Thread Josh Berkus
Greg, > > command in ms-sql 7 can use calculate field (column) balance from id=1 > > to id=4: "update xx set bal=balance=bal+debet-credit" > > You cannot do such a thing in SQL alone: you must use a procedural > language. One way is with plpgsql: You're mistaken, I think (I can't find the origi

[SQL] PL/Pgsql trigger function problem.

2003-02-10 Thread James C. Ousley
  This is suppose to pull all the columns of the table that initiated the trigger func from the sys catalogs, loop through them and put everything that has changed between OLD and NEW into a comma delimited string for input into a log like table for future analysis via middleware (php,perl.

Re: [SQL] order by date desc but NULLs last

2003-02-10 Thread Jean-Luc Lachance
Why not try the obvious first? order by gradedtime is null, gradedtime desc; "Ross J. Reedstrom" wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 05:29:29PM -0500, A.M. wrote: > > I have a simple query that sorts by descending date but the NULL dates > > show up first. Is there a way I can sort so they come

Re: [SQL] problems with date and interval queries.

2003-02-10 Thread Tom Lane
Stephan Szabo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > interval is the form for an interval literal. If the column is > already an interval, you probably don't need it at all. If you need to > cast it you should do a cast CAST (num_min AS INTERVAL) I don't believe there is a cast from any numeric type to