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From: Ian Barwick <barwick@gmail.com>
To: haries fajar nugroho <hariesfn@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: ask about epoch query with datetime
Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 17:47:03 +0900
Message-ID: <1d581afe0905070147x7a1fd526k75eb6bb683cf930d@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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2009/5/7 haries fajar nugroho <hariesfn@gmail.com>:
> Hi All,
>
> my institution wants me to migrate from old postgresql to new
> postgresql, but when i test one of the query it failed at query :
> select date_part('epoch',datetime('2009-04-20
> 17:08:01')-datetime('2009-04-20 17:04:24'))::int;
> that query runs well in previous postgresql (PostgreSQL 7.1.3). The
> error message is ERROR:  function datetime("unknown") does not exist
> HINT:  No function matches the given name and argument types. You may
> need to add explicit type casts.
>
> If i read the error message, it means the function has changed or
> something. May  I know the latest function so my query can run well in
> my PostgreSQL 8.1.11 ?

Try something like:

select date_part('epoch','2009-04-20 17:08:01'::TIMESTAMP -
'2009-04-20 17:04:24'::TIMESTAMP)::int;


Ian Barwick



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