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Timestamp literals
Relational operators
Timestamp literals specify a date and a time separated by a space, enclosed in single quotation
marks ( ' ' ). This is the syntax for timestamp literals:
Syntax
{ ts 'yyyy-mm-dd hh:mi:ss' }
A timestamp literal enclosed in an escape clause is compatible with ODBC. Precede the
literal string with an open brace ( { ) and a lowercase ts. End the literal with a close brace
( } ). Note that braces are part of the syntax. If you use the ODBC escape clause, you must
specify the timestamp using the format yyyy-mm-dd hh:mi:ss.
date_literal
A date.
time_literal
A time literal.
Examples The following example illustrates how to INSERT a timestamp literal into a column:
Relational operators
{ ts 'yyyy-mm-dd hh:mi:ss' }
INSERT INTO DTEST
VALUES ( { ts '1956-05-07 10:41:37'} ) ;
The following example illustrates a timestamp literal with the ODBC escape clause:
SELECT * FROM DTEST WHERE C1 = {ts '1985-08-10 05:41:37'} ;
Relational operators specify how SQL compares expressions in basic and quantified predicates.
This is the syntax for relational operators:
Syntax
= | | != | ^= | < | | >=
Table 49 lists the relational operators and the resulting predicates for each operator.
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