Re: Simple Question

Thank you for the reply in spite of the subject.

On Tuesday 11 January 2005 05:15 pm, Michael Fuhr saith:
> On Tue, Jan 11, 2005 at 04:42:21PM -0500, Terry Lee Tucker wrote:
> > Subject: [SQL] Simple Question
>
> Please use a more descriptive subject -- think about how somebody
> looking at a list of 200 messages, all with subjects like "Simple
> Question" or "PostgreSQL Question," would decide to look at yours.

I will do this in the future.

>
> > drv_time = 478 / 45.0;
> >
> > The value of this is: 10.6222222222222222
> >
> > Is there a way of converting this value to an interval. It seems that
> > INTERVAL only works with a quoted literal value.
>
> You can do arithmetic on intervals:
>
> SELECT 478 / 45.0 * interval'1 hour';

I like your soultion better than mine. Thanks for the answer.

>
> For more information, see "Date/Time Functions and Operators" in
> the documentation.
>
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