Hi, I am just thinking, when DEFAULT CURRENT_DATE is being used in table definition then why the function is again being used in INSERT statement why not use default. Here is sample
edb=# create table date_test (id int, hiredate date default current_date); CREATE TABLE edb=# insert into date_test values (1, *default*); INSERT 0 1 edb=# select * from date_test; id | hiredate ----+-------------------- 1 | 24-OCT-24 00:00:00 (1 row) Regards, Ikram On Wed, Oct 23, 2024 at 6:18 PM Ray O'Donnell <r...@rodonnell.ie> wrote: > On 22/10/2024 12:31, Rossana Ocampos wrote: > > *Hello ,* > > I am new with PostgreSQL and I have a bug. I have created a function that > has an input variable of type date , in case it does not receive value , it > has to assume by default the current date. > > I have defined it as follows variable DATE DEFAULT CURRENT_DATE, but I > get the following error. > > > > *El error * > > ERROR: invalid input syntax for type date: “CURRENT_DATE” LINE 1: > ...extsupplydate ('1085018'::bigint, '5278'::bigint, 'CURRENT_D... ^ ERROR: > invalid input syntax for type date: “CURRENT_DATE” SQL status: 22007 > Characters: 78 > > > I think you just need to leave off the quotes, as current_date is a > function: > > insert into .... values ( ... , current_date, ....); > > Also, you don't need to quote the bigint values. > > > HTH, > > Ray. > > > > > Please could you help me, thank you very much. > > Rossana > > > > -- > Raymond O'Donnell // Galway // ireland...@rodonnell.ie > >