How do I do a dynamic - select now() + interval X days ?

#1 (**permalink**) 04-10-2008, 08:04 AM

Thanks

Danny Abraham
BMC Software
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#2 (**permalink**) 04-10-2008, 08:04 AM

On Aug 8, 9:54 am, danny_abra...@bmc.com ("Abraham, Danny") wrote:
> Thanks

Please be more specific...

#3 (**permalink**) 04-10-2008, 08:04 AM

Abraham, Danny wrote:
> Thanks

For doing that based on an arbitrary value, just do the following:

select now() + interval '1 day' * X;

-Jon

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#4 (**permalink**) 04-10-2008, 08:04 AM

On 08.08.2007, at 18:16, Jon Sime wrote:

> Abraham, Danny wrote:
>> Thanks
>
> For doing that based on an arbitrary value, just do the following:
>
> select now() + interval '1 day' * X;
>
> -Jon
>
test=# select (3||' day')::interval;
interval
----------
3 days
(1 row)

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