Err, I just read my latest digest and saw the solution: update datafrenzy.jobdata set entered_dt= now() - CAST(round(random()*45) || ' days' AS interval);
- Greg >Hello, > >I have a table with a timestamp column and I want to set this to a value >of now() - a random number of days between 0 and 45 for each row... I've >tried to do this a bunch of different ways and can't figure it out... >Here is my latest version: > > >update sometable set entered_dt = now() - interval round(random()*45)||' >days'; > > >Any ideas on the proper way to accomplish this? > >Thanks! > >- Greg > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly