From: CoL <col@mportal.hu>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: How to specify the beginning of the month in Postgres SQL syntax?
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 20:38:53 +0100
Message-ID: <bqvvdq$1m4r$1@news.hub.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <t6k6tv8unr1dm7kpeb275ca0t9in2i910h@4ax.com>
References: <t6k6tv8unr1dm7kpeb275ca0t9in2i910h@4ax.com>
hi
jeff@dnuk.com wrote, On 12/7/2003 5:16 PM:
> Hello,
>
> I need to create a view in Postgres that has a where clause of the
> date < beginning of month.
>
> i.e.:
> SELECT supplier_number, Sum(amount) AS due
> FROM purchase_orders
> WHERE date < '2003-12-1' AND paid = 0
> GROUP BY supplier_number
> ORDER BY supplier_number ASC
>
>
> As you can see, I've specified the 1st of December this year as the
> where clause. What I want is an SQL statement that automatically
> generates the first of the month. How do I do this?
>
a simple way:
create function month_begin() returns date as '
SELECT to_date(current_date,'YYYY-MM');
' language sql STABLE;
... where date < month_begin() ....
C.
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