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From: Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>
Organization: Archonet Ltd
To: mixo <mixo@beth.uniforum.org.za>,
	pgsql-sql <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: two dates
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 12:09:36 +0000
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On Tuesday 25 Feb 2003 6:55 am, mixo wrote:
> I have a table which has serveral time stamps include when an entry was
> 'created'.
> Each entry is identified by a unique 'id'. How can I best find entries
> created
> between two dates without going through each day between the two dates?
>
> Currently, going through each day to get the results takes about 23
> minutes for 7 days
> as I have two other criteria for search: roughly I am doing about
> 16*17*n queries,
> where n=3Ddays between two dates (for 7 days, 16*17*7 =3D which a number
> that is
> too big for my liking).

What is wrong with SELECT id FROM foo WHERE created_date>=3D'2003-01-01' AN=
D=20
created_date<=3D'2003-01-07' or similar? I don't see why you need multiple=
=20
queries, perhaps I have misunderstood

--=20
  Richard Huxton