I was just running some of the examples and learned that certain key words need to be double quoted:
smvfp=# SELECT date('1980-06-25') + "interval"('21 years 8 days') AS here_we_are; here_we_are --------------------- 2001-07-03 00:00:00 (1 row)
smvfp=#
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-php/2002-07/msg00031.php
Regards,
LelandJ
Leland Jackson wrote:
> Here is a link to an online book about PostgreSQL: > > http://www.commandprompt.com/ppbook/?lxpwrap=x8973%2ehtm > > I found this in the online book, which might be of help: > > http://www.commandprompt.com/ppbook/x2632#SETTINGDATEFORMATS > > The PostgreSQL to_char(time-string, format) function is equivalent to > the MySQL DATE_FORMAT() function. > > Regards, > > LelandJ > > > Matthew Jarvis wrote: > >> I am having a serious brain fart today... >> >> All I wanna do is compare a date I've retrieved from a table to the >> current date, and if the interval is more than a year then set a flag >> so I can display it in a report. >> >> No problem, but I'll be darned if I can get this to work... Me thinks >> I'm confusing my PHP and Postgres... >> >> So if I'm running PHP code and I've got the table date stored to >> $date, then how do I do the comparison? >> >> mj >> > > > [excessive quoting removed by server]
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