On Wed, 4 Jun 2008, Ralph Smith wrote:
> -- ==========================================
> good_date := to_date(year||'-'||month||'-'||day , 'YYYY-MM-DD') ;
>
> RAISE INFO 'good_date = %', good_date ;
>
> UsecsD := EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM DATE 'good_date') ;
You want something like:
UsecsD := EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM good_date);
Note the lack of single quotes. You want to use the variable's value, not
a literal string with the value 'good_date'.