Re: explicit casts

On Wednesday 05 January 2011 4:24:34 pm Iuri Sampaio wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I installed postgresql 8.4 on my box and now i have troubles with the
> following query regarding explicit casts.
>
> select to_char(trunc(to_date(:the_date, 'yyyy-mm-dd'), 'Month'),
> 'fmMonth') as month,
> to_char(trunc(to_date(:the_date, 'yyyy-mm-dd'), 'Month'), 'YYYY')
> as year,
> to_char(trunc(to_date(:the_date, 'yyyy-mm-dd'), 'Month'), 'J') as
> first_julian_date_of_month,
> to_char(last_day(to_date(:the_date, 'yyyy-mm-dd')), 'DD') as
> num_days_in_month,
> to_char(trunc(to_date(:the_date, 'yyyy-mm-dd'), 'Month'), 'D') as
> first_day_of_month,
> to_char(last_day(to_date(:the_date, 'yyyy-mm-dd')), 'DD') as last_day,
> trunc(add_months(to_date(:the_date, 'yyyy-mm-dd'), 1),'Day') as
> next_month,
> trunc(add_months(to_date(:the_date, 'yyyy-mm-dd'), -1),'Day') as
> prev_month,
> trunc(to_date(:the_date, 'yyyy-mm-dd'), 'year') as beginning_of_year,
> to_char(last_day(add_months(to_date(:the_date, 'yyyy-mm-dd'), -1)),
> 'DD') as days_in_last_month,
> to_char(add_months(to_date(:the_date, 'yyyy-mm-dd'), 1), 'fmMonth')
> as next_month_name,
> to_char(add_months(to_date(:the_date, 'yyyy-mm-dd'), -1),
> 'fmMonth') as prev_month_name
> from dual
>
> the value assigned to the variable :the_date is '2010-01-05'
>
> The error is
>
> Error: Ns_PgExec: result status: 7 message: ERROR: function
> to_date(timestamp with time zone, unknown) does not exist
> LINE 1: select to_date(date_trunc('month',add_months( $1 ,1)),'YYYY-...
> ^
> HINT: No function matches the given name and argument types. You might
> need to add explicit type casts.
> QUERY: select to_date(date_trunc('month',add_months( $1
> ,1)),'YYYY-MM-DD') - 1
> CONTEXT: PL/pgSQL function "last_day" line 6 at SQL statement
>
>
> how would i apply the following solution
>
> date_trunc('month', p_date_in + interval '1 month')::date - 1
>
> to fix the query above?
>
> cheers,
> iuri

If I am following this right the problem is in the last_day function and in
particular the return value of the add_months function used in the
date_trunc(). To be sure we would need to see those functions. As a shot in the
dark:
select to_date(date_trunc('month',add_months( $1 ,1)::date)...

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