Richard Yen <richyen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ah, I see what you mean. If there's no rows to return, then there's no coalesce-ing to do... That's right, /but/ if you use a sub-select, you can achieve something similar: | tim=# SELECT COALESCE((SELECT ROUND(EXTRACT(epoch FROM now() - query_start)) | tim(# FROM pg_stat_activity | tim(# WHERE current_query = '<IDLE> in transaction'), | tim(# 0); | coalesce | ---------- | 0 | (1 Zeile) | tim=# > sorry for the spam. > [...] That wasn't spam :-). Tim -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general