From: Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Cc: Tony Capobianco <tcapobianco@prospectiv.com>
Subject: Re: compare table names
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2012 08:19:47 -0800
Message-ID: <201201090819.48041.adrian.klaver@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1326125538.1983.12.camel@tony1.localdomain>
References: <1326125538.1983.12.camel@tony1.localdomain>
On Monday, January 09, 2012 8:12:18 am Tony Capobianco wrote:
> I have these 3 tables:
>
> tablename
> --------------------
> tmp_staging0109
> tmp_staging1229
> tmp_staging0108
>
>
> I'd like this query:
>
> select tablename from pg_tables where tablename like 'tmp_staging%' and
> tablename < 'tmp_staging1230';
>
> To return this result:
>
> tablename
> --------------------
> tmp_staging1229
>
> However, I'm receiving:
>
> tablename
> --------------------
> tmp_staging0109
> tmp_staging1229
> tmp_staging0108
>
> How can I write this correctly?
As far as I can tell it is correct. 0108,0109 and 1229 are all less than 1230.
What happens if you do?:
select tablename from pg_tables where tablename like 'tmp_staging%' and
tablename < 'tmp_staging1230' and tablename > 'tmp_staging1228;
>
> Thanks.
> Tony
--
Adrian Klaver
adrian.klaver@gmail.com
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