current_timestamp - 20 minutes

Matthew Terenzio wrote:

I 'm storing things in a table with now() and I want to select * from
theTable WHERE the Timestamp is > the current time - 20 minutes

Anyone know the correct syntax. I was trying something like:

WHERE timestamp_field > (timestamp now() - interval '20 minutes')

select (now() - interval '20 min');

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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On Jul 12, 2005, at 11:43 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:

Matthew Terenzio wrote:

I 'm storing things in a table with now() and I want to select * from
theTable WHERE the Timestamp is > the current time - 20 minutes
Anyone know the correct syntax. I was trying something like:
WHERE timestamp_field > (timestamp now() - interval '20 minutes')

select (now() - interval '20 min');

Gotcha. I owe you another one.