Re: pgsql DATE

Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@cupid.suninternet.com>

From: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@cupid.suninternet.com>
To: Andras Balogh <abalogh@grafx.ro>
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date: 2000-04-26T14:41:39Z
Lists: pgsql-general
Andras Balogh wrote:
> So i am looking a date type that would allow me to do the following with one
> (or a few) query
> (and to be fast too):
> -select all records for a given month
> -select the count of records where the hour is 14.
> -select  all the records from the 7th week.
> -select count of records  where the day of the week is Sunday.
> etc.

How about you write your queries like:

date >= '01/4/2000' and date < '01/5/2000'

or equivalent. It allows use of the index but works the same.
Except for the day is Sunday though...
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@cupid.suninternet.com>
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