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Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 06:37:09 -0800
From: Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@gmail.com>
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To: Ian Lawrence Barwick <barwick@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Problem with extract(epoch from interval ...
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On 01/23/2013 03:00 AM, Ian Lawrence Barwick wrote:
> Hi
>
> 2013/1/23 Kaloyan Iliev <kaloyan@digsys.bg>:
>> Hi,
>> I have a little problem with extract epoch from interval. It seems that the
>> query works if the interval is in a string but not from DB field.
>> Could someone provide support.
> (...)
>
> You have a casting error; instead of:
>
>> dbr=#  SELECT extract(EPOCH FROM INTERVAL b) FROM a;
>> ERROR:  syntax error at or near "b"
>> LINE 1: SELECT extract(EPOCH FROM INTERVAL b) FROM a;
>
> use
>
> SELECT extract(EPOCH FROM b::INTERVAL) FROM a;
>
> or
>
>
> SELECT extract(EPOCH FROM CAST (b AS INTERVAL)) FROM a;

Would it not be simpler:

test=> SELECT extract(epoch from b) from a;
  date_part
-----------
    2592000
    7776000
   15552000
(3 rows)

As the b field is already an interval.

>
>
> Regards
>
> Ian Barwick
>
>


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