Re: null value in date field - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Jeff Deroshia
Subject Re: null value in date field
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Msg-id 0CB1BF34-444B-11D7-A38A-000393A34A52@hal.physast.uga.edu
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In response to Re: null value in date field  ("Josh Berkus" <josh@agliodbs.com>)
List pgsql-novice
Thanks to everyone who helped.  I was using prepared statements with
java.sql.
I was using the setString() method to set the value to null, when I
needed to be using the setNull() method.  It created the null values
that I needed.

Jeff
On Tuesday, February 18, 2003, at 07:25 PM, Josh Berkus wrote:

> Jeff,
>
>> I have a form that contains optional DATE fields.  To enter null
>> values, I've tried null, 'null', '', '-', '0', 0, and each time I get
>> one of the following errors:
>
> NULL is correct, no quotes.   Please post the actual insert statement
> you are sending; likely the problem is elsewhere.
>
> -Josh


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