Re: How to get CURRENT_DATE in a pl/pgSQL function

From: Brian Modra <brian(at)zwartberg(dot)com>
To: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: How to get CURRENT_DATE in a pl/pgSQL function
Date: 2010-05-19 03:48:33
Message-ID: AANLkTinOFwZPnQGpNqBuOOz2_BgvVr50MK3BYHqEJX-K@mail.gmail.com
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On 19/05/2010, Tim Landscheidt <tim(at)tim-landscheidt(dot)de> wrote:
> Kenneth Marshall <ktm(at)rice(dot)edu> wrote:
>
>> It works using 'now' and I assume that since curtime is
>> of type DATE that the assignment casts the return automatically
>> to type DATE. Thank you for the ideas.
>> [...]
>
> What's wrong with Pavel's correct and to-the-point answer?

No need actually to cast... just use current_date without the quotes.
Its not a string.

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