Ha. Why so it is. :)
-tfo
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On Nov 18, 2004, at 11:50 PM, Greg Stark wrote:
"Thomas F.O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
select 2004
"Thomas F.O'Connell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> select 2004-06-08;
> ?column?
> --
> 1990
>
> I'm not exactly sure how the bare string is converted internally, but it's
> clearly not a complete date like you're expecting.
What string? That's just integer arithmetic.
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greg
Thanks, it turns out that the code that was executing the sql was
flawed. Thanks to all that replied!
-Nick
Ian Barwick wrote:
On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 15:01:58 -0600, Nick Peters
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hey,
I am trying to compare dates in a sql statement. this is what i have tried:
SELECT * FR
Nick,
You need to quote your date constant value:
'2004-06-08'
select '2004-06-08'::date > 2004-06-08;
?column?
--
t
(1 row)
select 2004-06-08;
?column?
--
1990
I'm not exactly sure how the bare string is converted internally, but
it's clearly not a complete date like you'r
On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 15:01:58 -0600, Nick Peters
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey,
>
> I am trying to compare dates in a sql statement. this is what i have tried:
>
> SELECT * FROM transactions WHERE shippingdate>2004-06-08 AND
> transtype='Sale';
SELECT * FROM transactions WHERE shippingdate> '2
Hey,
I am trying to compare dates in a sql statement. this is what i have tried:
SELECT * FROM transactions WHERE shippingdate>2004-06-08 AND
transtype='Sale';
but it returns all rows. When i switch the > with a < it returns
nothing. I have even tried with todays date and have got the same
resu
--- Michael Fuhr <__> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 17, 2004 at 06:25:25AM -0800, Riccardo G. Facchini wrote:
> >
> > --- Richard Huxton <__> wrote:
> > >
> > > Add a new sequence to your database:
>
> [snip]
>
> > Good idea, but it won't work for what I need.
> > I'll be able to do get the nextval('my
