RE: SQL date help

Actually Sean that was a LOT simpler than what I thought it should be.
I don't know what I was trying to remember.
Thanks for your help.


Alan Shore

NBTY, Inc
(631) 244-2000 ext. 5019
AShore@xxxxxxxx

rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 02/16/2007 10:26:54 AM:

As an example, does this provide the correct records to delete ?
(untested): -

select timestamp_iso(date(current timestamp -7 days)), filetimestamp
from file where filetimestamp < timestamp_iso(date(current timestamp -7
days))

You may want to subtract 8 days ?



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Subject: SQL date help



Mornin' everyone
I know I've seen a couple of articles dealing with dates in SQL, but I
am going nuts in trying to locate them.(Some would say I'm already
there) Anyway, what I have is a file with a timestamp as one of the
fields on the record showing the date that the record was created. What
I want to do in SQL, is obtain todays date as a timestamp, subtract 1
week (7 days) from that date and make that timestamp be midnight on
that, then delete all records on the file with a timestamp of less than
the calculated timestamp.
If anyone can either help me out as to how to obtain todays date in SQL,
it would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance



Alan Shore

NBTY, Inc
(631) 244-2000 ext. 5019
AShore@xxxxxxxx
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