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Re: timestamp to date and time column migration


  • From: Bill Totman <totman(at)gmail(dot)com>
  • To: Michael Glaesemann <grzm(at)seespotcode(dot)net>
  • Cc: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
  • Subject: Re: timestamp to date and time column migration
  • Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:56:41 -0500
  • Message-id: <200707291556.46640.totman@gmail.com> <text/plain>

On Sunday 29 July 2007 15:20, you wrote:
> > I created a table where I used a timestamp type column and after  
> > inserting
> > about 300 entries into this table I would now rather have two separate
> > columns for that data: one for just the date and the other for just  
> > the time.
>
> Why? What problem are you trying to solve?

I was wanting to make it simple to select entries by time (of day).

Is there a function that will do the same?


(I have been able to copy the database to another name and with the data 
portion of a backup of the original and make the desired changes there. I 
wasn't going to make the changes to the 'production' database until I heard 
from the list.)


Thank you for your input,
Bill Totman

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