On Tuesday 21 August 2012 13:11:06 Johnny Winn wrote:
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION get_dates(date, date, date) RETURNS TABLE(date1
> date, date2 date)
> AS $$
> DECLARE
> date_1 DATE := NULL;
> date_2 DATE := NULL;
> BEGIN
>
> -- test your conditions here
>
> RETURN QUERY SELECT date_1::dat
On Tuesday 21 August 2012 12:14:53 Jasen Betts wrote:
> > What's the best way to do this?
>
> CASE looks good.
>
> > I know it's a quite open question but I'm interested to hear different
> > responses
>
> "date_b" on line three, is that a typo? if not how am i to interpret
> it?
The table contain
On 2012-08-20, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> Hi folks.
>
> I've got a table with three dates which are populated from an external source.
> I then want to have a view with two calculated dates in it, e.g.
>
> if date_1 is null and date_2 is null then date_a=NULL
> if date_1 is not null and date 2 is nul
On Tuesday 21 August 2012 02:01:55 Johnny Winn wrote:
> I would define a function and use it to abstract the expected behavior. It
> would appear that there are several conditions so this abstraction would
> provide for both usability and maintainability.
>
> - Johnny
Johnny,
This was what I was
With a CASE ... WHEN statement?
Best,
Oliver
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From: "Gary Stainburn"
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Sent: Monday, August 20, 2012 1:17 PM
Subject: [SQL] generated dates from record dates - suggestions
Hi folks.
I've got a table with three dates which are populated f
Hi folks.
I've got a table with three dates which are populated from an external source.
I then want to have a view with two calculated dates in it, e.g.
if date_1 is null and date_2 is null then date_a=NULL
if date_1 is not null and date 2 is null then date_a=date_1+'90 days'
if date_1 > date3 r
