Inserting a Null date.

From: Rob Mosher <mosher(at)andrews(dot)edu>
To: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Inserting a Null date.
Date: 2004-02-02 16:21:55
Message-ID: 401E7923.3090505@andrews.edu
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I am trying to add entries to my database via a Perl script, where some
fields are optional, that is, nulls are allowed. When inserting an
entry, I include every field in the insert statement, but leave their
value undefined if it is optional and left blank. This works for every
field but date fields. Setting a date field to undefined generates the
error "Bad date external representation". Is there a way to leave a date
field null while still having it as an argument in an insert (i.e. INSET
INTO table (id, mydate) VALUES (1, NULL) ), or will I need to make
several different insertion statements for each different case?

Thank you,
Rob Mosher

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