Hi. I have written onces for the same question, with no sucess for me. I have a table so: Table "s_objetivos_caso" Column | Type | Modifiers - ----------------+---------+----------- dni | integer | not null fecha | date | not null cod_s_objetivos | integer | not null I have 3 variables in my form where i get the date: $fecha_anho,$fecha_mes,$fecha_dia. when i want to insert into the table io do so: <?php include ("globals.php"); $conn=conectarbd($user,$password,$dbname); $tdate=$fecha_anho."-".$fecha_mes."-".$fecha_dia;-------> HERE IS THE PROBLEM $tabla="s_objetivos_caso"; $dni=232; $cod_s_objetivos=1; $aux_s_obj=inserta_tabla_generica_caso($dni,$tdate,$cod_s_objetivos,$conn,$ta bla); if(!$aux_s_obj) { echo ("Error al rellenar la tabla=s_objetivos_caso"); } ?> The function is : function inserta_tabla_generica_caso($denei,$data,$cod,$cone,$table) { $insert="INSERT INTO $table VALUES('$denei','$data','$cod')"; ******** $result=pg_exec($cone,$insert); if ($result) { return true; } else { return false; } } The error which throw me the navigator is: Warning: PostgreSQL query failed: ERROR: Bad date external representation '--' in /var/www/jesus/foniatra/globals.php on line 55 Error al rellenar la tabla=s_objetivos_caso line 55 is which who has ********** In which format i must put the date for insert it into the table? If it is a help , when i do: foniatra=# SELECT now()::date; ------> ------------ 2003-01-28 (1 row) In my form i have this: <tr> <td width="100%" align="center"> <b>FECHA DE LA CONSULTA </b> </td> <td height="2"> <select name=fecha_dia > <option selected value=1>01 <option value=2>02 <option value=3>03 <option value=4>04 <option value=5>05 <option value=6>06 <option value=7>07 <option value=8>08 <option value=9>09 <option value=10>10 <option value=11>11 <option value=12>12 <option value=13>13 <option value=14>14 <option value=15>15 <option value=16>16 <option value=17>17 <option value=18>18 <option value=19>19 <option value=20>20 <option value=21>21 <option value=22>22 <option value=23>23 <option value=24>24 <option value=25>25 <option value=26>26 <option value=27>27 <option value=28>28 <option value=29>29 <option value=30>30 <option value=31>31 </option> </select> <select name=fecha_mes> <option selected value=1>enero <option value=2>febrero <option value=3>marzo <option value=4>abril <option value=5>mayo <option value=6>junio <option value=7>julio <option value=8>agosto <option value=9>septiembre <option value=10>octubre <option value=11>noviembre <option value=12>diciembre </option> </select> <input maxlength=4 name=fecha_anho size=4> (yyyy) </td> </tr> Thank you. -------------------------------------------------------