Thread: inserting into "date" field returns error (COPY/BINARY)

I have implemented a C++ procedure for inserting data using libpq and COPY WITH BINARY command. All field types are working as expected in PG9.2, except "date":
  ERROR:  incorrect binary data format
  CONTEXT:  COPY table, line 1, column date_xyz

The passed value for "date" is a 64-bit integer, calculated by the same way as the value for "timestamp". Should they be different?

Here is simplified fragment of code:
typedef __int64 PGTimeStamp;
...
    pField->dataLength = htonl(sizeof(PGTimeStamp));
    DBTIMESTAMP ts = { 2012, 10, 5, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
    *(PGTimeStamp*)&pField->data = ConvertADOToPG(&ts);
...
PGTimeStamp ConvertADOToPG(DBTIMESTAMP *ts)
{
    double date = date2j(ts->year, ts->month, ts->day) - POSTGRES_EPOCH_JDATE;
    double time = time2t(ts->hour, ts->minute, ts->second, ts->fraction);

    double tmp = date * SECS_PER_DAY + time;

    PGTimeStamp rez;
    int* ptmp = (int*)&tmp;
    int* prez = (int*)&rez;
    prez[0] = htonl(ptmp[1]);
    prez[1] = htonl(ptmp[0]);

    return rez;
}

I'm definitely missing something, please help.

P.S. Documentation mentions about possible compatibility issues. What are those?
TY!

On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 2:54 AM, Konstantin Izmailov <pgfizm@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have implemented a C++ procedure for inserting data using libpq and COPY
> WITH BINARY command. All field types are working as expected in PG9.2,
> except "date":
>   ERROR:  incorrect binary data format
>   CONTEXT:  COPY table, line 1, column date_xyz
>
> The passed value for "date" is a 64-bit integer, calculated by the same way
> as the value for "timestamp". Should they be different?
>
> Here is simplified fragment of code:
> typedef __int64 PGTimeStamp;
> ...
>     pField->dataLength = htonl(sizeof(PGTimeStamp));
>     DBTIMESTAMP ts = { 2012, 10, 5, 0, 0, 0, 0 };
>     *(PGTimeStamp*)&pField->data = ConvertADOToPG(&ts);
> ...
> PGTimeStamp ConvertADOToPG(DBTIMESTAMP *ts)
> {
>     double date = date2j(ts->year, ts->month, ts->day) -
> POSTGRES_EPOCH_JDATE;
>     double time = time2t(ts->hour, ts->minute, ts->second, ts->fraction);
>
>     double tmp = date * SECS_PER_DAY + time;
>
>     PGTimeStamp rez;
>     int* ptmp = (int*)&tmp;
>     int* prez = (int*)&rez;
>     prez[0] = htonl(ptmp[1]);
>     prez[1] = htonl(ptmp[0]);
>
>     return rez;
> }
>
> I'm definitely missing something, please help.
>
> P.S. Documentation mentions about possible compatibility issues. What are
> those?
> TY!


date is 4 byte integer.  look at libpqtypes datetime.c here:
http://libpqtypes.esilo.com/browse_source.html?file=datetime.c

/* PGdate members required isbc, year, mon, mday */
int
pqt_put_date(PGtypeArgs *args)
{
    int dval;
    PGdate *date = va_arg(args->ap, PGdate *);

    PUTNULLCHK(args, date);
    CHECKDATEVALS(args, date);

    dval = date2j(BC2YEAR(date->isbc, date->year), date->mon+1, date->mday)
        - POSTGRES_EPOCH_JDATE;

    pqt_buf_putint4(args->put.out, dval);
    return 4;
}


merlin

Merlin,
it worked like a charm! Thank you tons!

Konstantin