On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 16:47:55 +0800, Robert Ngo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > copy swpparm from stdin using delimiters ';'; > > exampaper;02;1;Bahasa Melayu;M;A;2002-11-27;system;; > > \. > > why does the above command return a error message
It looks like the column that is associated with the empty field has a type of date. The empty string is not a valid date. If you want a NULL date then you need to use \N instead of an empty string. > > > ERROR: copy: line 1, Bad date external representation '' > PQendcopy: resetting connection > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org