Thank you for your prompt reply. > What is it exactly that you are trying to accomplish?
I want to be able to, from my own script, determine if postgres will be able to interpret a string as a date or time. If you can suggest a better way of accomplishing this beyond reimplementing your algorithm I would be happy to hear it! Cheers, Francis Markham On 23 June 2010 12:21, Dann Corbit <dcor...@connx.com> wrote: > > From: pgsql-hackers-ow...@postgresql.org > [mailto:pgsql-hackers-ow...@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Francis Markham > Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 7:13 PM > To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org > Subject: [HACKERS] Implementation of Date/Time Input Interpretation > > > > Greetings all, > > I am currently implementing a script to import data into postgres. I would > like to apply the algorithm to detect date and time values, outlined at > http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/datetime-input-rules.html > > However, I am unfamiliar (and somewhat intimidated) by the postgres source > tree. Would any kind person be able to point me to the source file(s) that > implement the above algorithm? > >> > > You will find it under \src\backend\utils\adt\datetime.c > > To import data into postgres, I guess that reading the date time routine is > probably not what you want to do. > > If you want to move the data in using a compiled program then use an ODBC > driver. PostgreSQL comes with a free one. OLEDB is another sensible > alternative. Or JDBC if you want to use Java. > > If you want to bulk load lots of data at high speed, read up on the COPY > command. > > If you just want to insert some rows using SQL, then simply perform an INSERT > using PSQL or some other interface of your choice. > > What is it exactly that you are trying to accomplish? > > << -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
