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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Stef <svb@ucs.co.za>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: ERROR: Unable to format timestamp; internal coding error
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 12:30:32 -0400
Message-ID: <3434.1088008232@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20040623180721.1bb39778@svb.ucs.co.za>
References: <20040623180721.1bb39778@svb.ucs.co.za>

Stef <svb@ucs.co.za> writes:
> I've narrowed my problem down to the following
> Java Timestamp that I managed to insert into
> a postgres 7.3.4 database : 
> Timestamp : '1475666-11-30 02:00:00.0'

> My problem is, that when I try and select from the table I inserted 
> this timestamp into, I get the following error :
> ERROR:  Unable to format timestamp; internal coding error

FWIW, this is fixed in 7.4 and later.

> Is there a way to select the values in the table?

I'd try something like
	UPDATE table SET ... WHERE timestamp > '9999-01-01';

			regards, tom lane



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