Re: Date format problem with INSERT statement. - Mailing list pgsql-jdbc

Olav Gjerde wrote:
> But when I do this in Java I get this error message
>
> SQLException: ERROR: date/time field value out of range: "13.04.06"
> SQLState:    22008
> VendorError:  0
>
> This is because it reads the date format as mm.dd.yy because when I
> insert with the value '12.04.06' it works perfect. I've changed the
> datestyle in my Database to European but it still doesn't work. Do
> the JDBC driver only insert dates in the US format?

Consider using PreparedStatement.  Then you can store your date value as
a java.sql.Date variable, and set the column value to that.

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Guy Rouillier