Re: compare table names

I see what you're saying:

pg=# select tablename from pg_tables where tablename like 'tmp_staging%' and tablename < 'tmp_staging1230' and
tablename> 'tmp_staging1228';    tablename      
 
--------------------tmp_staging1229


This query is part of a larger script where I want to dynamically select
tablenames older than 10 days and drop them.  The tables are created in
a tmp_stagingMMDD format.  I know postgres does not maintain object
create times, how can I write this to select tables from pg_tables that
are older than 10 days?

Thanks.
Tony

On Mon, 2012-01-09 at 08:19 -0800, Adrian Klaver wrote:
> On Monday, January 09, 2012 8:12:18 am Tony Capobianco wrote:
> > I have these 3 tables:
> > 
> >      tablename
> > --------------------
> >  tmp_staging0109
> >  tmp_staging1229
> >  tmp_staging0108
> > 
> > 
> > I'd like this query:
> > 
> > select tablename from pg_tables where tablename like 'tmp_staging%' and
> > tablename < 'tmp_staging1230';
> > 
> > To return this result:
> > 
> >      tablename
> > --------------------
> >  tmp_staging1229
> > 
> > However, I'm receiving:
> > 
> >      tablename
> > --------------------
> >  tmp_staging0109
> >  tmp_staging1229
> >  tmp_staging0108
> > 
> > How can I write this correctly?
> 
> As far as I can tell it is correct. 0108,0109 and 1229 are all less than 1230.  
> What happens if you do?:
> 
> select tablename from pg_tables where tablename like 'tmp_staging%' and 
> tablename < 'tmp_staging1230' and tablename > 'tmp_staging1228;
> 
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > Tony
>