This is an old system that we converted over from Oracle just this past
year. The first 10 days of this year bit us when needed warehouse
tables were removed erroneously.
I'm going to push uphill against management to try and create the tables
as table_nameMMDD.
Wish me luck!
Thanks for all y
Just my 2 cents...
Why don't you use a date column type instead of a string ? In this case, at
insertion, you could simply do this :
INERT INTO tablename (insertion_time, ...) VALUES (now(), ...)
and, for the select, you could simply write :
SELECT * FROM tablename WHERE insertion_time >= (now(
On Monday, January 09, 2012 8:28:43 am Tony Capobianco wrote:
> I see what you're saying:
>
> pg=# select tablename from pg_tables where tablename like 'tmp_staging%'
> and tablename < 'tmp_staging1230' and tablename > 'tmp_staging1228';
> tablename
>
> tmp_staging1229
>
>
On 01/09/2012 08:28 AM, Tony Capobianco wrote:
I see what you're saying:
pg=# select tablename from pg_tables where tablename like 'tmp_staging%' and
tablename< 'tmp_staging1230' and tablename> 'tmp_staging1228';
tablename
tmp_staging1229
This query is part of a
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> tmp_staging1229
>
> This query is part of a larger script where I want to dynamically select
> tablenames older than 10 days and drop them. The tables are created in
> a tmp_stagingMMDD format. I know postgres does not maintain object
> crea
On Monday, January 09, 2012 8:12:18 am Tony Capobianco wrote:
> tablename
>
> tmp_staging0109
> tmp_staging1229
> tmp_staging0108
>
> How can I write this correctly?
Had another idea. If you are looking for the highest numbered table below a
certain number then mayb
I see what you're saying:
pg=# select tablename from pg_tables where tablename like 'tmp_staging%' and
tablename < 'tmp_staging1230' and tablename > 'tmp_staging1228';
tablename
tmp_staging1229
This query is part of a larger script where I want to dynamically se
On Monday, January 09, 2012 8:12:18 am Tony Capobianco wrote:
> I have these 3 tables:
>
> tablename
>
> tmp_staging0109
> tmp_staging1229
> tmp_staging0108
>
>
> I'd like this query:
>
> select tablename from pg_tables where tablename like 'tmp_staging%' and
> tabl
I have these 3 tables:
tablename
tmp_staging0109
tmp_staging1229
tmp_staging0108
I'd like this query:
select tablename from pg_tables where tablename like 'tmp_staging%' and
tablename < 'tmp_staging1230';
To return this result:
tablename
