> Hi folks,
>
> I'm trying to write a SELECT statement that uses a min_age column
> (integer expressing a number of years) as part of a timespan:
>
> select * from users U where
> age('now', '01-01-1970') >= timespan('U.min_age years'::timespan);
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
try:
SELECT * FROM users U WHERE
AGE('now', '1/1/1997') >= (U.min_age::text || ' years')::timespan;
> ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "error"
>
>
> Is there some way to do this? I want to convert an int expressing
> years
> into a timespan, within a select statement.
>
> Thanks for any insights on how to do this.
>
> --Michael