Re: Adding an INTERVAL to a variable

Thanks for the inspiration Vivek!
Didn't quite work, but when I made it...
dSalesHdrDateDue + (iAcctPayDaysAv || 'Days')::INTERVAL

BINGO! it works.
Happiness is :-)

Graham Coates


"Vivek Khera" <khera@kcilink.com> wrote in message
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> >>>>> "GC" == Graham Coates <graham@mindvision.com.au> writes:
>
> GC> SELECT Invoices.InvoiceDate + INTERVAL '41 Days'
> GC> works fine
> GC> but when trying to substitute the number of days with a value form a
field
> GC> e.g.
>
> GC> SELECT Invoices.InvoiceDate + INTERVAL Acct.AverageDaysToPay 'Days'
>
> try
>
>  SELECT Invoices.InvoiceDate + Acct.AverageDaysToPay::interval
>
>
>
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