Vovchikan

Vovchikan

I have tried this code:

def my_func(params) do
  ...
  |> select(
        [l],
        %{
          date: fragment("date_trunc('?',?) as date",
            ^params.date_trunc_type,
            l.inserted_at),
        }
      )
  ...
  |> Repo.all()
end

But i’m stacked at this error:

** (Postgrex.Error) ERROR 42P18 (indeterminate_datatype) could not determine data type of parameter $1

query: SELECT date_trunc('$1',s0."inserted_at") as date...

My Modules:

defmodule Administration.Reports.Params do
  ...

  alias Administration.Enum.DateTruncType
  embedded_schema do
    ...
    field :date_trunc_type, DateTruncType, default: :month
  end
  
  ...
end

defmodule Administration.Enum.DateTruncType do
  use EctoEnum,
    hour: "hour",
    day: "day",
    month: "month",
    year: "year"
end

I want to construct this sql’s SELECTs

SELECT date_trunc('hour', inserted_at)
SELECT date_trunc('day', inserted_at)
SELECT date_trunc('month', inserted_at)
SELECT date_trunc('year', inserted_at)

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joey_the_snake

joey_the_snake

When you are using fragments Ecto doesn’t know what type you are using so it won’t convert the atom to string. You need to tell it the type using type/2. This can be either a field name or a type name.

More info: Ecto.Query.API — Ecto v3.14.0

LostKobrakai

LostKobrakai

Also remove the quotes around the parameter. If the parameter is a string postgres can deal with that without you putting quotes up.

Vovchikan

Vovchikan OP

%{
        date: fragment("date_trunc(?,?) as date",
          type(^params.date_trunc_type, DateTruncType),
          l.inserted_at)
}

This worked! I tried type/2 before like this, but this didn’t work. Mb @LostKobrakai advice helped or i’ve used type/2 wrong.

@LostKobrakai, @joey_the_snake ty for help.

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