Jay Vee <jvsrvcs@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > I tried that but get an error > ? ? v_start_date date; > ? ? v_minus_one_year date; > > I have v_start_date to start with and want to subtract one year and put into v_minus_one_year > ?? > ? select v_start_date - interval '1 yr' as v_minus_one_year; sj$ cat q create or replace function foo(date) returns date as $$ declare foo date; begin select into foo $1 - '1 year'::interval; return foo; end $$ language plpgsql; select foo(current_date); sj$ psql -f q SET CREATE FUNCTION foo ------------ 2013-02-06 (1 row) HTH > > --- ?I get: > > ERROR: ?query has no destination for result data > > On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 02/06/2014 09:25 AM, Jay Vee wrote: > > I have reviewed working with dates documentation but some things are not > clear and I cannot get an example to work for what I need. > > I am passing a date into a stored function like '2013-04-01' > > The stored function accepts this string as a date type. > > Within the function, I need to: > 1. ?subtract one year from this date into another date type > 2. ?subtract one month from this date into another date type > 3. ?subtract one day from this date into another date type > > Are there any examples of this? ?This is not a timestamp type, but a > date type. > > Something like this: > > test=> select '2013-04-01'::date - interval '1 yr'; > ? ? ? ?column? > --------------------- > ?2012-04-01 00:00:00 > (1 row) > > test=> select '2013-04-01'::date - interval '1 month'; > ? ? ? ?column? > --------------------- > ?2013-03-01 00:00:00 > (1 row) > > test=> select '2013-04-01'::date - interval '1 day'; > ? ? ? ?column? > --------------------- > ?2013-03-31 00:00:00 > > You did say what language you are using for the function so the assignment will depend on that. > > thanks > > -- > Adrian Klaver > adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxx > -- Jerry Sievers Postgres DBA/Development Consulting e: postgres.consulting@xxxxxxxxxxx p: 312.241.7800 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general