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From: Richard Huxton <dev@archonet.com>
To: Wilhelm Graiss <Wilhelm.Graiss@bal.bmlfuw.gv.at>
To: 'pgsql-sql@postgresql.org' <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: plpgsql related question: intervals and variables
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 19:54:30 +0100
Message-ID: <200310211954.30195.dev@archonet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <40925A3BA1EBD711A35C000102B6E57D06C9A7@BAL_PROXY00>
References: <40925A3BA1EBD711A35C000102B6E57D06C9A7@BAL_PROXY00>

On Tuesday 21 October 2003 14:58, Wilhelm Graiss wrote:

>    heute := ''today'';
> Select Into vk ourcolumn From table where other = foo;
>    If vk > 0 Then
> 	vk_txt := ''Vorkuehlung notwendig'';
> 	ez  := heute + interval ''vk days'';

> The variable 'heute' is declared as timestamp,
> 'vk' as integer!
>
> What have we done wrong??

Quoted the vk variable. You want something like:

ez := heute + (vk || '' days'')::interval;

-- 
  Richard Huxton
  Archonet Ltd



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