RE: SQL DateAdd help needed

days(current_date) - days(YOUR_DATE_FIELD) will give you the elapsed days.
Your problem may be that you're using CURRENT_TIMESTAMP rather than
CURRENT_DATE. The one you need to use depends upon the format of the field
you're comparing.

HTH,

Jessica King
Client/Server Programmer

Manufacturing Performance Services, LLC
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On Behalf Of Kelly Jones
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 2:39 PM
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Subject: SQL DateAdd help needed

Hi group,
 
I have been banging my head into a wall.  At some point our "date"
functions changed on the iSeries with respect to SQL queries.  So now
every time I have to deal with them, I get a headache.
 
I'm trying to do a simply select stuff from table where datefield >
date.  
 
I've tried using dateadd(day, -30, current_timestamp) and
current_timestamp and many combinations thereof with no luck.  Could
somebody be kind enough and provide an actual working sql statement that
will give me a resultset for records between 30 days ago and now?  As an
FYI, I'm trying to run this from the Op Nav "Run A Script" interface.
The iSeries is on V5R3.
 
And as long as I'm asking, I will need a "datediff" statement after I
get this one figured out.  ;-)
 
Thanks,
Kelly
 
Kelly Jones
Sr. Web Developer
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