From: Lori <lorid@dri.edu>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: help with to_date and to_char
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 17:20:28 -0700
Message-ID: <416C74CC.6030309@dri.edu> (raw)
Im trying to do something very simple
I have a field called when_month (integer )
so I want to get the month name for the integer
this comes close to what I want
update mytable set myfield=to_char(current_timestamp,'MON');
the result is myfield is set to OCT
which is close to what I want but when I try to use a variable
update mytable set myfield=to_char(when_month,'MON');
or a char with value of '05' or '5'
update mytable set myfield=to_char('05','MON');
get error:
update mytable set myfield=to_date(when_month,'MON');
update mytable set myfield=to_char('05','MON');
as well as
update mytable set full_month= to_date('01/'05'/2004','DDMONYYYY');
all get errors
Please can anyone help?
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