X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B1C8560F2 for ; Wed, 9 Mar 2005 08:10:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 99612-06 for ; Wed, 9 Mar 2005 08:10:07 +0000 (GMT) Received: from anchor-post-33.mail.demon.net (anchor-post-33.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.91]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4872563A7 for ; Wed, 9 Mar 2005 08:10:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mwynhau.demon.co.uk ([193.237.186.96] helo=mainbox.archonet.com) by anchor-post-33.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 4.42) id 1D8wGb-0005GN-CR; Wed, 09 Mar 2005 08:10:06 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.17] (client17.archonet.com [192.168.1.17]) by mainbox.archonet.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E7A116928; Wed, 9 Mar 2005 08:10:04 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <422EAF5C.1070305@archonet.com> Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 08:10:04 +0000 From: Richard Huxton User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kenneth Gonsalves Cc: Tom Lane , PostgreSQL SQL Subject: Re: datestyle setting References: <200503091135.55033.lawgon@thenilgiris.com> <20765.1110349646@sss.pgh.pa.us> <200503091251.25413.lawgon@thenilgiris.com> In-Reply-To: <200503091251.25413.lawgon@thenilgiris.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.061 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL, FORGED_RCVD_HELO X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200503/139 X-Sequence-Number: 20618 Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > On Wednesday 09 Mar 2005 11:57 am, Tom Lane wrote: >> >>If it's a reasonably recent version of PG, either ALTER DATABASE >>SET or ALTER USER SET might serve. > > > postgresql 7.4. when i type: > > alter database set datestyle to 'European' > > i get 'syntax error at or near "datestyle" at character 20' I keep making this mistake, you need to include the database name: ALTER DATABASE my_db_name SET datestyle TO 'ISO'; -- Richard Huxton Archonet Ltd