Re: [GENERAL] scheduling table design
kaiq@realtyideas.com
From: <kaiq@realtyideas.com>
To: Patrick Welche <prlw1@newn.cam.ac.uk>
Cc: pgsql-general@postgreSQL.org
Date: 2000-02-25T16:58:38Z
Lists: pgsql-general
On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Patrick Welche wrote: > On Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 09:56:59AM -0600, kaiq@realtyideas.com wrote: > > > > do not use date, use datetime. why? it's sql92 standard (another > > good reason: M$sql only has datetime :-). A lot of useful functions > > only apply to datetime, not date. > > On a side note: if I have a date d and a time t column, how can I combine them > into a single datetime dt column? Simply > insert into foo (dt) select (d+t)::datetime ? > converting it? not too late :-) seriously: sounds right. I remember somebody asked that before. and a smart guy find out the formula thro experiment, very impressive -- the plus (+) is important. not tested myself tho. check the archive please. BTW, how do you know it's plus (+)? are you genius?