On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 02:43:26PM +0100, Martin Pohl wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > > Not directly. I suppose you could create a view that converted the
> > > value to the right date on insert.
> > I think a trigger might make more sense.
>
> That was a very good idea! I tought it would solve my problem. Unfortunately
> it didn't: I still get the "invalid syntax" error (I ensured that the
> trigger worked by using other values). Apparently the syntax check is done,
> before the trigger is called:
Yeah, it's done in the type input function. I suppose you could create
your own msdate type that behaved the way you wanted. There are some
packages out there to make porting easier, perhaps one of those can
help?
Have a nice day,
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