absolute value fro timestamps

From: "Claudio Lapidus" <clapidus(at)hotmail(dot)com>
To: <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: absolute value fro timestamps
Date: 2003-09-02 16:19:53
Message-ID: BAY7-DAV3760mJWEsBk00004fce@hotmail.com
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Hello

Evidently is possible to have a negative time interval:

clapidus=> select interval '-1';
interval
-----------
-01:00:00

However, there seems to be no provision to get the absolute value in such
case:

clapidus=> select @ interval '-1';
ERROR: operator does not exist: @ interval
HINT: No operator matches the given name and argument type(s). You may need
to add explicit typecasts.

clapidus=> select abs(interval '-1');
ERROR: function abs(interval) does not exist
HINT: No function matches the given name and argument types. You may need
to add explicit typecasts.

What did I miss this time?

PGversion is 7.4b2

cl.

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