Re: using between with dates

From: "A(dot) Kretschmer" <andreas(dot)kretschmer(at)schollglas(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: using between with dates
Date: 2010-04-29 14:57:58
Message-ID: 20100429145758.GA2763@a-kretschmer.de
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In response to Geoffrey Myers :
> I'm trying the following:
>
> ship_date between '04/30/2010' AND '04/30/2010' + 14
>
> But this returns:
>
> ERROR: invalid input syntax for integer: "04/30/2010"
>
> Can I use between with dates?

Sure, why not, but you have to CAST your STRING into a DATE, or you have
to use to_date().

test=*# select '04/30/2010'::date;
date
------------
2010-04-30
(1 row)

And yes, write "+ '14 days'::interval " instead of just only +14.

Regards, Andreas
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