Re: [SQL] empty data

On Mon, 13 Jul 1998, Sergio Brandano wrote:

> > serbr=> CREATE TABLE foo (mtdata date);
> > CREATE
> > serbr=> INSERT INTO foo VALUES ('');
> > ERROR: Bad date external representation

guido=> INSERT INTO foo VALUES (null);
INSERT 144906 1

Postgres doesn't like empty strings for date fields.
When using the COPY command (for loading data from a file)
null date fields should contain \N (backslash, capital N).

regards,

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