Re: Stupid Monday Problem

You have to cast the date properly - postgres is interpreting this as 4
divided by 16 divided by 0. Try:

SELECT oid FROM file_header WHERE expire_date < '04/16/00'::date;

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On Mon, 17 Apr 2000, Kenn Thompson wrote:

> Ok- here's the problem ( too little coffee?)...
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> This query runs under Access. I of course change a bit of the SQL ( removed the '#' and have played with quotes), but can't seem to get it to run.
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> What the #%$^& am I doing wrong here?
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> Kenn
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> SELECT oid FROM file_header WHERE expire_date < 04/16/00
> ADODB.Recordset.1 error '80004005'
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> Error while executing the query; ERROR: Unable to identify an operator '<' for types 'date' and 'int4' You will have to retype this query using an explicit cast
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