Re: converting interval to timestamp

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On Thursday 31 July 2003 09:05, teknokrat wrote:
> The difference of two dates/timestamps always gives an interval. is
> there a way to convert this interval into  number such as number of
> milliseconds or number of days?
>

Take a look at the User's Guide. There is great documentation on the available
functions to manipulate and extract useful information from dates and
timestamps.

I think the function you are looking for is "extract".

> Also does anyone know what field type an interval would map to in jdbc?
>

Post this question it the interfaces list. I am sure they would be more
helpful.

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Jonathan Gardner <jgardner@jonathangardner.net>
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