Nathan Schile <nate@shiftyeyes.com> wrote: > > I am trying to run the following query: > > INSERT INTO public."Bug Status" ("Tracking Number", "Assigned Analyst", > status, "Changed By", "Updated Date") VALUES > (111111111, 'NS', 'Reported', 'NS', DATE_TRUNC('second', 'now')); > > I recieve the following error: > > ERROR: unterminated string > CONTEXT: compile of PL/pgSQL function "update_status" near line 3 > > I am basically wanting to truncate the timestamp to seconds, so that I > don't get milliseconds. Does anyone know what I am doing wrong? Thanks As with the date/time one I answered yesterday: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/functions-datetime.html is your friend. select now(); now ------------------------------- 2004-05-21 16:39:43.843642-04 (1 row) select date_trunc('second', now()); date_trunc ------------------------ 2004-05-21 16:39:48-04 (1 row) select date_trunc('second', current_timestamp); date_trunc ------------------------ 2004-05-21 16:39:55-04 (1 row) select current_timestamp (0); timestamptz ------------------------ 2004-05-21 16:40:01-04 (1 row) select localtimestamp (0); timestamp --------------------- 2004-05-21 16:40:04 (1 row) Btw: You could just define the timestamp column in your table to be "timestamp (0)" and lose the fractional seconds that way, too. Jim ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org