Re: [SQL] Best way to delete time stamped data?

The index can be used with a little rewrite (assuming trxdate is
indexed):

DELETE FROM ONLY richtable WHERE trxdate < current_timestamp - '90
days'::interval;



"Jim C. Nasby" wrote:
> 
> On Sun, May 04, 2003 at 09:09:05AM -0400, Kyle wrote:
> > Josh,
> >
> > Thanks, even my boss can read the new statement:
> >
> > DELETE FROM ONLY richtable WHERE age(trxdate) > '90 days';
> 
> Just remember that that query won't use any index on trxdate, because
> it has to calculate 'age(trxdate)' for every value in the table.
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