I have this table:
# select * from live_stats;
times
----------
17:30:00
18:30:00
20:11:00
10:11:00
(4 rows)
I want to compare these times to the actual (current) time + 45
seconds. If the current time + 45 seconds is higher than the time in
the table, I want "true". First, I tried this:
# select times, times > now()::time AS time_compare from live_stats;
times | time_compare
----------+--------------
17:30:00 | t
18:30:00 | t
20:11:00 | t
10:11:00 | f
(4 rows)
Which works, but I don't know how to apply the "45 seconds":
# select times, times > (now()::time + '45 seconds') AS time_compare
from live_stats;
ERROR: operator is not unique: time without time zone + unknown
LINE 1: select times, times > (now()::time + '45 seconds') AS time_c...
^
HINT: Could not choose a best candidate operator. You might need to
add explicit type casts.
# select times, times > (now()::time + '00:00:45') AS time_compare
from live_stats;
ERROR: operator is not unique: time without time zone + unknown
LINE 1: select times, times > (now()::time + '00:00:45') AS time_com...
^
HINT: Could not choose a best candidate operator. You might need to
add explicit type casts.
# select times, times > (now()::time + '00:00:45'::time) AS
time_compare from live_stats;
ERROR: operator is not unique: time without time zone + time without time zone
LINE 1: select times, times > (now()::time + '00:00:45'::time) AS ti...
^
HINT: Could not choose a best candidate operator. You might need to
add explicit type casts.
How am I supposed to do this comparison?
What I'm doing is that I have an application that queries the time and
if 45 seconds have passed, then it's supposed to update the table (to
reduce server load).
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