Re: current_timestamp - 20 minutes

Matthew Terenzio wrote:
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> I 'm storing things in a table with now() and I want to select * from
> theTable WHERE the Timestamp is > the current time - 20 minutes
>
> Anyone know the correct syntax. I was trying something like:
>
> WHERE timestamp_field > (timestamp now() - interval '20 minutes')

  select (now() - interval '20 min');

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake


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