Re: Equality search on timestamp value returns no rows

On 2008-07-23 21:24, Keaton Adams wrote:

> We run into a problem when an equality search on a timestamp column
> returns no records, even when there are records to return, as in this
> example:
>
> mxl=# select * from mxl_scheduler_queue where status_modified =
> '2008-07-03 16:55:06.44695-06';

Never use equality with floating point number as they are stored inexact.

Use for example:
select * from mxl_scheduler_queue where status_modified>='2008-07-03
16:55:06' and status_modified<'2008-07-03 16:55:07';

You can also compile Postgres with integer timestamps which does not
have this problem. You'll need to backup/initdb/restore though.

Regards
Tometzky
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