Re: CURRENTE_DATE

On 22/10/2024 12:31, Rossana Ocampos wrote:
>
> *Hello ,*
>
> I am new with PostgreSQL and I have a bug. I have created a function
> that has an input variable of type date , in case it does not receive
> value , it has to assume by default the current date.
>
> I have defined it as follows variable  DATE DEFAULT CURRENT_DATE, but
> I get the following error.
>
> *_El error _*
>
> ERROR: invalid input syntax for type date: “CURRENT_DATE” LINE 1:
> ...extsupplydate ('1085018'::bigint, '5278'::bigint, 'CURRENT_D... ^
> ERROR: invalid input syntax for type date: “CURRENT_DATE” SQL status:
> 22007 Characters: 78
>

I think you just need to leave off the quotes, as current_date is a
function:

  insert into .... values ( ... , current_date, ....);

Also, you don't need to quote the bigint values.

HTH,

Ray.

> Please could you help me, thank you very much.
>
> Rossana
>

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