On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 03:26:57PM +0200, Stefan Schwarzer wrote: > it seems to work with 8.1, but not anymore with 8.3. What is wrong > with this substring request? Or is it some installation issue? Thanks > for any suggestion! > SELECT substring(date from 1 for 7) AS stryearmonth, COUNT(id) AS > countofnumber FROM (SELECT * from downloads ) AS foo GROUP BY > stryearmonth ORDER BY stryearmonth ASC in release notes it says that 8.3 removes some implicit casts. for example the ones from date to text. change your substring to: to_char(date, 'YYYY-MM') and You should be fine. depesz -- quicksil1er: "postgres is excellent, but like any DB it requires a highly paid DBA. here's my CV!" :) http://www.depesz.com/ - blog dla ciebie (i moje CV)
