2009/2/4 Nico Callewaert <callewaert.nico@telenet.be>:
> Hi !
>
> I saw previous postings about elapsed time between 2 timestamps, using
> SELECT EXTRACT...
> I have similar question, but it's not in a select statement, but between 2
> variables in a function.
>
> To keep it simple, I have 2 variables, let's say A and B, both TimeStamp.
> Now I would like to know the absolute value of elapsed seconds between the 2
> timestamps. Has to be absolute value, because can be positive or negative,
> depends if A > B or A < B.
> I tried with age(A, B), but that gives me something like 00:00:01, not
> really numeric value for number of seconds.
>
> Many thanks in advance !
> Nico
EXTRACT(EPOCH FROM age(A,B)) ?
Osvaldo