Rob,
> I am trying to add entries to my database via a Perl script, where some
> fields are optional, that is, nulls are allowed. When inserting an
> entry, I include every field in the insert statement, but leave their
> value undefined if it is optional and left blank. This works for every
> field but date fields. Setting a date field to undefined generates the
> error "Bad date external representation". Is there a way to leave a date
> field null while still having it as an argument in an insert (i.e. INSET
> INTO table (id, mydate) VALUES (1, NULL) ), or will I need to make
> several different insertion statements for each different case?
Inserting a null should work fine. Are you sure Perl isn't passing an empty
string ( '' ) instead?
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-Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco