Hello use to_date function, please. postgres=# select to_date('10122008','DDMMYYYY'); to_date ------------ 2008-12-10 (1 row) Time: 1,152 ms postgres=# regards Pavel Stehule 2009/4/10 Raymond O'Donnell <rod@xxxxxx>: > On 09/04/2009 23:56, Bernard Barton wrote: >> Today I tried every permutation of the DateStyle parameter I could find, and >> still cannot get PostgreSQL 8.3 to accept dates in the format mmddyyyy. I tried > > How exactly are you sending these values to the database? Straight SQL, > or some other mechanism? Can you show us some examples? > > Ray. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Raymond O'Donnell, Director of Music, Galway Cathedral, Ireland > rod@xxxxxx > Galway Cathedral Recitals: http://www.galwaycathedral.org/recitals > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > -- > Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general > -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general