Hi Tom
I found a datatype called 'interval' which seems to separate time from its
unit.
Is that what you were thinking of??
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Lane" <tgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Bob Pawley" <rjpawley@xxxxxxx>
Cc: "Postgresql" <pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 11:25 AM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Numbers
Bob Pawley <rjpawley@xxxxxxx> writes:
My initial tables have columns containing values such as 12 feet.
I want to perform calculations.
Is there a method in Postgresql to separate the 12 from the unit feet or
am I forced to make two columns to separate the feet from the 12?
Are you storing '12 feet' as a string? That seems awfully unstructured
for data that you'd like to do calculations on.
I seem to recall that someone had come up with a datatype that would
store numbers with units attached, which seems like what you want here.
Check the PG list archives, and/or poke around on pgfoundry and gborg.
regards, tom lane
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