Try putting single quotes around the date, this works for me.. insert into s_objetivos_caso values ($dni,'$date',$cod_s_objetivos,$conn); ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesus Rios" <galiza-vermelha@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "POSTGRESLQ-PHP" <pgsql-php@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 5:59 AM Subject: [PHP] Date type: DATE > > Hi everybody. > > I've got a form where I ask for the date.I store the date in 3 variables: for > the day i have $day (dd), for the month i have $month (mm) and for the year > $year (yyyy). > At the same time i have a table which is as it follows: > Table "s_objetivos_caso" > Column | Type | Modifiers > -----------------+---------+----------- > dni | integer | not null > fecha | date | not null > cod_s_objetivos | integer | not null > > How do i have to insert the column date?. > > $date="$year-$month-$day"; > insert into s_objetivos_caso values ($dni,$date,$cod_s_objetivos,$conn); > > Can anyboy help me for how a i must format the date for introduce into the > table??? > > > Thank you. And sorry with my English. > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly >