Dear Expert, I have a function to getting time interval bellow :
create or replace function scmaster.pr_gettimeinterval(time without time zone, time without time zone, numeric(5,2)) returns char(10) As ' declare v_timein alias for $1; v_timeout alias for $2; v_timebreak alias for $3; v_output char(10); begin raise notice ''-- BOF --''; v_output := select ((v_timeout - v_timein) - interval ''v_timebreak minutes''); raise notice ''-- EOF --''; return v_output; end;' language plpgsql; and when i compilled from pgAdmin, i got some error message bellow : ERROR: syntax error at or near "select" LINE 1: SELECT select (( $1 - $2 ) - interval 'v_timebreak minute... ^ QUERY: SELECT select (( $1 - $2 ) - interval 'v_timebreak minutes') CONTEXT: SQL statement in PL/PgSQL function "pr_gettimeinterval" near line 7 ********** Error ********** ERROR: syntax error at or near "select" SQL state: 42601 Context: SQL statement in PL/PgSQL function "pr_gettimeinterval" near line 7 How can i to put my variable "v_timebreak" into function ? so i can send dynamic value for v_timebreak. please help, thank you. Alam Surya ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andreas Kretschmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <pgsql-general@postgresql.org> Cc: "Gerhard Heift" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 19:59 Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Get interval in months > Gerhard Heift <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > >> Hello, >> >> I want to get an interval in months from two dates: >> >> SELECT '2008-02-01'::timestamp - '2008-01-01'::timestamp AS '1 month' >> >> Here I want '1 month' and not '31 days' as answer. > > How long is a month? 28 days? 31 days? But okay, i will try: > > test=*# SELECT justify_days('2008-02-01'::timestamp - > '2008-01-01'::timestamp) ; > justify_days > -------------- > 1 mon 1 day > (1 row) > > Is this okay for you? PostgreSQL assume 30 days per month. > > > > Andreas > -- > Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely > unintentional side effect. (Linus Torvalds) > "If I was god, I would recompile penguin with --enable-fly." (unknown) > Kaufbach, Saxony, Germany, Europe. N 51.05082°, E 13.56889° > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general >