taizi wrote: > im a beginner for SQL, and trying to use it with my daily work. > Now i catched this question(my title of mail). > Suppose there is a table about orders, i want to sum the total amount of each month. > There was a statement of mine to november. > select sum(order_amount) FROM table_name WHERE order_date between '2016-11-01' AND '2016-11-30'; > I know it comes a result what i want, but i hope someone can tell me another way to use. > After searched, i found there is a function named date_part, but it doesn't work. You can use WHERE date_trunc('month', order_date) = '2016-11-01 00:00:00' The downside is that this clause cannot use a simple index on "order_date", you'd have to create an index on date_trunc('month', order_date). Yours, Laurenz Albe -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin