On Jun 15, 1:56 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Ian Harding") wrote:
> I accidentally formatted a string for tsearch before trying to cast it
> to a date, and it worked!
>
> select 'June&15&2007'::date
> date
> ------------
> 2007-06-15
> (1 row)
>
> Is this a happy accident, or is it OK to count on it continuing to
> work this way?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ian
select
'June&15&2007'::date
,'June.15.2007'::date
,'June__15__2007'::date
See: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/x71171.html
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