> if i revert my code to (note: less the DATE_PART conversion):
>
> DECLARE mycurs CURSOR FOR
> SELECT mark, subnet, bytes_in, bytes_out
> FROM samples
> WHERE mark >= 'epoch or another date'::abstime;
>
> it works fine.
as a followup, if i use:
DECLARE mycurs CURSOR FOR
SELECT mark::int8, subnet, bytes_in, bytes_out
FROM samples
WHERE mark >= 'epoch or another date'::abstime;
it works fine as well.
--
[ Jim Mercer Reptilian Research jim@reptiles.org +1 416 410-5633 ]
[ The telephone, for those of you who have forgotten, was a commonly used ]
[ communications technology in the days before electronic mail. ]
[ They're still easy to find in most large cities. -- Nathaniel Borenstein ]