Re: Please help me.. problem in to_char - Mailing list pgsql-sql

Thanks all, :)

It working now, i'm using code as below:to_char(t1.created::date,'DD/MM/YYYY')

but other problem come out, error as below:
ERROR:  relation "plugins" does not exist

what that's mean?? table plugins already exists..



On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 10:43:35 +0800, azah azah <izza76@gmail.com> wrote:
> Why still not working???
> I have try all the suggestions, still error like below:
> ERROR:  cannot cast type character varying to date
> I'm using latest version of postresql.
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 05:35:06 -0700 (PDT), Theodore Petrosky
> <tedpet5@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > what kind of column is t1.created? It appears that it
> > is a text column and the format looks like a date. Is
> > this correct or is it a date? I need more information
> > about your table structure.
> >
> > What about:
> >
> > SELECT t2.id, t2.name, to_char(cast (t1.created as
> > date),'DD/MM/YYYY')
> >
> > but the other '::' should work also.
> >
> > extremedb=> SELECT to_char(cast ('12/4/2004' as
> > date),'DD/MM/YYYY');
> >   to_char
> > ------------
> >  04/12/2004
> > (1 row)
> >
> > extremedb=> SELECT
> > to_char('12/4/2004'::date,'DD/MM/YYYY');
> >   to_char
> > ------------
> >  04/12/2004
> > (1 row)
> >
> > I have a table with a timestamp in it called
> > createdate..
> >
> > \d clientinfo
> >                  Table "public.clientinfo"
> >      Column      |           Type           |
> > Modifiers
> > -----------------+--------------------------+-----
> >  acode            | text                            |
> > not null
> >  createdate      | timestamp with time zone | default
> > now()
> >
> > extremedb=> SELECT to_char(cast (clientinfo.createdate
> > as date),'DD/MM/YYYY') from clientinfo;
> >   to_char
> > ------------
> >  14/07/2004
> >  14/07/2004
> >  14/07/2004
> >
> > Ted
> >
> > --- azah azah <izza76@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I want convert from mysql to postresql, previously
> > > in mysql the code as below:
> > >
> > > SELECT t2.id, t2.name, date_format(t1.created,\'%W
> > > %M %e, %Y - %r\')
> > >
> > > In postresql no date_format function, we need to use
> > > to_char function
> > > but it still work because still need to put ::date
> > > such as
> > > SELECT to_char('2005-03-27'::date,'DD/MM/YYYY');
> > >
> > > How can i put ::date beside t1.created to get the
> > > output?
> > > Any idea??
> > >
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