Re: Date data type - Mailing list pgsql-general

From A. Kretschmer
Subject Re: Date data type
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Msg-id 20081103074154.GC27123@a-kretschmer.de
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In response to Date data type  (Mike Hall <MHall@astc.nt.gov.au>)
List pgsql-general
am  Mon, dem 03.11.2008, um 16:03:33 +0930 mailte Mike Hall folgendes:
> Gday,
>
> I'm currently converting an MS Access database to PostgreSQL (version 8.1 as it is the vesion that ships with CentOS
5).
>
> I'm having trouble with an INSERT statement attempting to insert an empty value ('') into a field with data type
DATE.This produces the following error message: 
>
> ERROR: invalid input syntax for type date: ""

An empty string isn't a valid date. Use NULL instead.


>
> It does the same whether the field has a NOT NULL restraint or not.

Doesn't matter.


Andreas
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