Re: Extract between year *and* month

Hi!

You could use date_trunc instead of extract to truncate the date down to the
month:

select date_trunc('month','2006-12-31'::timestamp);
     date_trunc
---------------------
 2006-12-01 00:00:00

Greetings,
Matthias

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> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 10:03 PM
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> Subject: [GENERAL] Extract between year *and* month
>
>
> Hi - I'd like to return search results based on a date range that is
> selected by the user :
>
> <select name="date1yy">
>        <option value="1995-01-01" selected>1995</option>
>
> <select name="date2yy">
>        <option value="2006-12-31" selected>2006</option>
>
> My SQL is :
>
> select *
>  from tablename
>     where title like ('%nith%')
>        and recall_date between
>            extract(year from date '1995-01-01')
>               and  extract(year from date '2006-12-31')
>                   order by recall_date
>
> How can I add the MONTH to be included in the between statement ?
> If I select 1995 - 2006 it currently only returns rows up to
> 2005-12-31
>
> THANKS!
>
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