On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 3:11 AM, Karsten Hilbert <Karsten.Hilbert@xxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 07:09:24PM -0400, Melvin Davidson wrote:
> There is also the situation of tables with limitited use. EG:
> history_yyyymm, in which case it would facilitate dropping of tables that
> are no longer needed after x amount of time.
select * from pg_class where to_timestamp(substring(relname from 9), 'YYYYMM') CONDITION;
Karsten
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"select * from pg_class where to_timestamp(substring(relname from 9), 'YYYYMM') CONDITION;"
Yes, that might possibly work, but history_YYYYMM was just an example illustration. What if the table name did not have a date in it?
eg: persons_things_done,
Then you need the creation date of the table.
eg: persons_things_done,
Then you need the creation date of the table.
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