Richard,

the column reg_time is in datetime format so you need to 'cast' it into the
correct format. Further, you are comparing against an integer. What you
probably want is:

select node_name, date(reg_time) from nodes \
where cast(current_date - date(reg_time) as integer) >30

the first date() is not really necessary.
Note that if you put a space between the greater than operator and the
number, TSM will treat this as a re-direct and write the output to a file
called '30' - no space between >30

There is a manual on pre-version 6 TSM SQL syntax ... somewhere.

HTH
Ian Smith
Oxford. UK

On Thursday 11 Feb 2010 4:46 pm, Richard Rhodes wrote:
> What's the best way to write a date check like this?    I'm looking
> for any nodes registered after some number of days (the 30 is just an
> example).
>
> dsmadmc -se=$i -id=$adminid -password=$adminpwd -tab -noc <<EOD
>       select node_name, reg_time from nodes  where reg_time \> 30 days
> EOD
>
>
> ANR2916E The SQL data types TIMESTAMP and INTERVAL DAY(9) are
> incompatible for operator '>'.
>
>
>          .....................................................V........
>          select node_name, reg_time from nodes where reg_time > 30 days
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Rick
>
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