On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 12:02 AM, Peter Eisentraut
<peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
On Wednesday 10 June 2009 17:10:42 Tom Lane wrote:
> Rushabh Lathia <
rushabh.lathia@gmail.com> writes:
> > Getting error while trying to insert date with the format 'dd-month-yyyy'
> > , 'day-mm-yyyy' (format which add the space in between the date ) etc..
>
> 1. Why are you bothering with the completely pointless to_char call at all?
the time.
I thought when we are providing the different format into to_char for datetime then standard datetime input converters should also have the capability to read that format.
> 2. It is not a bug that to_char is capable of emitting formats that
> won't be read by the standard datetime input converter. If you insist
> on making a useless conversion to char and back, it's on your head to
> choose a format setting that will work.
Of course they then also use to_date all the time.
Yes, its we can always use to_date.
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Rushabh Lathia