| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Rohit Suman <handsome_94(at)yahoo(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Fw: ERROR: operator does not exist: date ~~ unknown |
| Date: | 2009-04-12 15:16:49 |
| Message-ID: | 25843.1239549409@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Rohit Suman <handsome_94(at)yahoo(dot)com> writes:
> Ya...I simply changed column type to text and it worked. :D
> I had requirements where I needed such a functionality. There was no way to do it any other way...
You should really, really take a second look at those "requirements".
Applying a textual pattern match to a date is a horrid idea for a number
of reasons, most notably that it's just about certain to break if
someone changes DateStyle. Think about what it is you really want to
do (select a particular year, perhaps?) and see if there's not a
datetime-based operation that does it.
regards, tom lane
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