Re: To many records returned

[Rodrigo Gonzalez <rjgonzale@xxxxxxxxx>]

Justin escribió:
> Have a select statement with a where clause using datestamp with 
> timezone column compared to a date
> Select * from sometable where DateStampColumn > '2008-03-31'
> this returns records that are equal 2008-03-31
>
> but when the query includes casting to date
> Select * from sometable where DateStampColumn::date > '2008-03-31' The 
> result is correct
>
> What is causing the difference in the results
>
> My guess is '2008-03-31' is being cast into a datestamp value of 
> 2008-03-31 00:00:00.00-00  which would explain why one query returns 
> more records.
I am almost sure your problem is that casting is done to text....so

2008-03-31 00:00:01 is greater than 2008-03-31 so that date is included....

Explicit casting is the right thing to do (your second query)

<<attachment: smime.p7s>>