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- | ====== Omnidex SQL Function: CURRENT_DATE ====== | ||
- | ===== Description ===== | ||
- | The CURRENT_DATE function returns the current date from the server's time-of-day clock. The function is processed once at the beginning of the execution of the SQL statement. A new value is not obtained with each reference or with each fetched row. In a client-server or Omnidex Grid application, the date returned is from the individual server processing the query. | ||
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- | This function returns an ANSI DATE datatype. | ||
- | ===== Syntax ===== | ||
- | CURRENT_DATE | ||
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- | ===== Examples ===== | ||
- | ==== Example 1: Column ==== | ||
- | <code> | ||
- | > select current_date from $omnidex; | ||
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- | CURRENT_DATE | ||
- | ------------ | ||
- | 2010-07-28 | ||
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- | </code> | ||
- | ==== Example 2: Expression calculating age ==== | ||
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- | <code> | ||
- | > select birthdate, $compare_dates(birthdate, current_date, 'YY') age from individuals; | ||
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- | BIRTHDATE AGE | ||
- | ------------ ----------- | ||
- | 1938-07-14 72 | ||
- | 1957-11-22 53 | ||
- | 1960-07-28 50 | ||
- | 1929-08-22 81 | ||
- | 1933-07-09 77 | ||
- | 1944-08-01 66 | ||
- | 2004-09-14 6 | ||
- | </code> | ||
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- | ====== Additional Resources ====== | ||
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- | See also: | ||
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