Re: Date addition using Interval

Thanks Richard,

It works fine now.

Regards,
Sumita

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Huxton [mailto:dev(at)archonet(dot)com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 9:18 AM
To: Sumita Biswas
Cc: 'Kris Jurka'; 'Tom Lane'; pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Date addition using Interval

Sumita Biswas wrote:
> Hi Experts,
>
> I try to write the following in my Function and it works:
>
> ld_FromDateTemp := ld_FromDate + ''5 DAYS''::interval;
>
> But when I have to pass a parameter in the NUMBER of days(instead of
> 5) like 'li_NoOfDays'
>
> ld_FromDateTemp := ld_FromDate + ''li_NoOfDays DAYS''::interval;

You want ... + (li_NoOfDays || '' DAYS'')::interval;

plpgsql doesn't interpolate variables like perl/php do.

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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd