Обсуждение: Weird PG 8.1.3 date error

Hi,
I have a user who is getting this error on a 8.1.3 server when importing
some data from a dbf file:

PostgreSQL Error Code: (1)
ERROR:  date/time field value out of range: "08-01-2006"

He says the db is SQL-ASCII and the datestyle is at the default.

Of course on all my test servers the insert works perfectly without the
range error.

Anyone have any Ideas?  I don't know if the pg server is win32 or Unix.

Thanks,

--
Tony

Tony Caduto <tony_caduto@amsoftwaredesign.com> writes:
> I have a user who is getting this error on a 8.1.3 server when importing
> some data from a dbf file:
> ERROR:  date/time field value out of range: "08-01-2006"

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=#

He might also want to use tools that don't suppress the HINT part of an
error message ...

            regards, tom lane

On Wed, 2006-12-13 at 10:37 -0600, Tony Caduto wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a user who is getting this error on a 8.1.3 server when importing
> some data from a dbf file:
>
> PostgreSQL Error Code: (1)
> ERROR:  date/time field value out of range: "08-01-2006"
>
> He says the db is SQL-ASCII and the datestyle is at the default.

Without more information it is a bit tough to say but:

http://people.planetpostgresql.org/joshua/index.php?/archives/12-Ahhh!-PostgreSQL-Gotchas.html

>
> Of course on all my test servers the insert works perfectly without the
> range error.
>
> Anyone have any Ideas?  I don't know if the pg server is win32 or Unix.
>
> Thanks,
>
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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