jdbc example datastyle.java

Your name : Gregory Faruch
Your email address : gfaruch(at)laposte(dot)net

System Configuration
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Architecture (example: Intel Pentium) : Sparc

Operating System (example: Linux 2.0.26 ELF) : Solaris 2.9

PostgreSQL version (example: PostgreSQL-7.1.1): PostgreSQL-7.2

Compiler used (example: gcc 2.95.2) : gcc (GCC) 3.1

Please enter a FULL description of your problem:
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I tried to run the example : datestyle.java of jdbc interface. I have an
exception during the running.

Please describe a way to repeat the problem. Please try to provide a
concise reproducible example, if at all possible:
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<greg(at)~/postgresqlJavaExample> java example/datestyle
jdbc:postgresql:corpus greg toto55 trace
PostgreSQL datestyle test v6.3 rev 1

DriverManager.initialize: jdbc.drivers = null
JDBC DriverManager initialized
registerDriver:
driver[className=org.postgresql.Driver,org(dot)postgresql(dot)Driver(at)6b97fd]
Connecting to Database URL = jdbc:postgresql:corpus
DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:postgresql:corpus")
trying
driver[className=org.postgresql.Driver,org(dot)postgresql(dot)Driver(at)6b97fd]
getConnection returning
driver[className=org.postgresql.Driver,org(dot)postgresql(dot)Driver(at)6b97fd]
Connected...Now creating a statement

Running tests:
Test 0 - postgres,europeanNOTICE: DateStyle is Postgres with European
conventions

SQLWarning: reason(NOTICE: DateStyle is Postgres with European conventions
)
failed, returned 08-01-1998
Test 1 - postgres,usNOTICE: DateStyle is Postgres with US (NonEuropean)
conventions

SQLWarning: reason(NOTICE: DateStyle is Postgres with US (NonEuropean)
conventions
)
failed, returned 01-08-1998
Test 2 - isoNOTICE: DateStyle is ISO with US (NonEuropean) conventions

SQLWarning: reason(NOTICE: DateStyle is ISO with US (NonEuropean)
conventions
)
passed, returned 1998-01-08
Test 3 - sql,europeanNOTICE: DateStyle is SQL with European conventions

SQLWarning: reason(NOTICE: DateStyle is SQL with European conventions
)
Exception caught.
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
at java.sql.Date.valueOf(Date.java:100)
at org.postgresql.jdbc2.ResultSet.toDate(Unknown Source)
at org.postgresql.jdbc2.ResultSet.getDate(Unknown Source)
at example.datestyle.doexample(datestyle.java:142)
at example.datestyle.<init>(datestyle.java:54)
at example.datestyle.main(datestyle.java:179)

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