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From: Wei Weng <wweng@kencast.com>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: How do I convert an interval into integer?
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 13:09:12 -0500
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I want to convert an interval (from substraction between two timestamps) into 
a integer that represents how many seconds that interval has. How do I do 
that?

I am using postgresql 7.3.1

Thanks



Wei