Thank you Michael for the info! I have the original date info as mmddyy, when I use copy tabname from filename, it fails due to mismatch between raw date info and date data type in the database. It seems like I had to convert the raw date info to be like 'yyyy-mm-dd' to match PostgreSQL date default format in order to use copy command. -----Original Message----- From: Michael Fuhr [mailto:mike@xxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 3:12 PM To: Jim Fu Cc: pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [ADMIN] to_date On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 02:44:45PM -0600, Jim Fu wrote: > I am new here, just wondering if PostgreSQL has a similar function > TO_DATE ('02/12/2006','mm/dd/yyyy')? Yes: test=> select to_date('02/12/2006','mm/dd/yyyy'); to_date ------------ 2006-02-12 (1 row) The documentation describes the available functions; here are some useful links: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/ http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/functions.html Your client interface might have a way to list or search for functions. For example, in psql you can use the \df command: test=> \df to_date List of functions Schema | Name | Result data type | Argument data types ------------+---------+------------------+--------------------- pg_catalog | to_date | date | text, text (1 row) Are you having trouble with to_date or are you just curious? If you're having trouble then please show what you're doing, the exact error message or unexpected output, the version of PostgreSQL, and the operating system name and version. -- Michael Fuhr
