Tom Lane wrote:
> He needs to set DateStyle to match the expected field order.
>
> regression=# show datestyle;
> DateStyle
> -----------
> ISO, MDY
> (1 row)
>
> regression=# select '08-01-2006'::date;
> date
> ------------
> 2006-08-01
> (1 row)
>
> regression=# set datestyle TO ymd;
> SET
> regression=# select '08-01-2006'::date;
> ERROR: date/time field value out of range: "08-01-2006"
> HINT: Perhaps you need a different "datestyle" setting.
> regression=#
>
>
Tom,
You were right on, that's exactly what the problem was.
I have not heard back, but I told him to set his datestyle back to the
default.
Thanks,
--
Tony