Re: substring ..

Hehe, here is my tests with this:

ctntest2=# SELECT create_date FROM users;     create_date
------------------------2000-08-29 13:01:53-042000-08-27 20:04:41-042000-08-27 21:24:28-042000-08-30
09:51:16-042000-07-2523:14:08-042000-07-25 23:14:08-042000-09-01 02:53:02-042000-07-25 23:14:08-04
 
(8 rows)
ctntest2=# SELECT substr(create_date,1,10) FROM users;  substr
------------2000-08-292000-08-272000-08-272000-08-302000-07-252000-07-252000-09-012000-07-25
(8 rows)
ctntest2=# SELECT create_date FROM users WHERE substr(create_date,1,7) = 
'2000-08';     create_date
------------------------2000-08-29 13:01:53-042000-08-27 20:04:41-042000-08-27 21:24:28-042000-08-30 09:51:16-04
(4 rows)                                                      


Seems to work fine.  My fields are TIMESTAMP.  If you really still have 
trouble, then try a cast: substr(datefoo::TEXT,1,10)   ??



On Tuesday 19 December 2000 14:06, Jeff MacDonald wrote:
> hi folks..
>
> i want to do this to a datetime field..
>
> select foo from table where substr(datefoo,1,11) = '2000-12-14';
>
> it returns no results yet..
>
> select substr(datefoo,1,11) does return some values that say
> 2000-12-14
>
> any clues ?
>
> Jeff MacDonald,
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