Re: Valid Input Syntax for Type DATE - Mailing list pgsql-general

On 2/29/2012 12:28 PM, Andy Colson wrote:
> On 2/29/2012 11:49 AM, Rich Shepard wrote:
>> I'm trying to insert rows into a table, but some date and time columns
>> are
>> missing values. In the INSERT INTO ... statements of the .sql file I've
>> tried various formats: ,, and ,'', and ,' ', but they all generate the
>> error
>> of invalid syntax for type date.
>>
>> When I have missing date of the date and time types, how do I validly
>> represent them in the input file?
>>
>> Rich
>>
>>
>>
>
> If the column is null'able, I think you can use the keyword: DEFAULT
>
> insert into(id, xdate) values (1, DEFAULT);
>
> Not 100%, but I think so.
>
> -Andy
>

Or... use NULL:

insert into(id, xdate) values (1, NULL);

-Andy