Insert SQL error in PostgreSQL 8.1

[Vignesh Swaminathan <vs...@cordys.com>]

Hi

I am trying to insert a row into a simple table like

CREATE TABLE orders
(
  id int4 NOT NULL,
  customerid int4,
  orderdate timestamp,
  shipdate timestamp,
  CONSTRAINT orders_pkey PRIMARY KEY (id)
) 

When I fire an insert using Platform.insert(Database, SQL) I get an
exception message as follows. I tried printing the SQL using
Platform.getInsertSQL which returned

INSERT INTO "orders" ("id", "customerid", "orderdate", "shipdate")
VALUES ('1000', '1000', '2006-03-16 00:00:00', '2006-04-21 00:00:00')

However, when I fire this statement in the PostgreSQL query tool the
insert goes ahead without problem. Please help.

The exception stack is

Exception in thread "main" org.apache.ddlutils.DynaSqlException: Error
while inserting into the database
	at
org.apache.ddlutils.platform.PlatformImplBase.insert(PlatformImplBase.ja
va:1064)
	at
org.apache.ddlutils.platform.PlatformImplBase.insert(PlatformImplBase.ja
va:1140)
	at TestData.insertData(TestData.java:58)
	at TestData.main(TestData.java:93)
Caused by: org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: ERROR: column "orderdate"
is of type timestamp without time zone but expression is of type
character varying
	at
org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.receiveErrorResponse(QueryExecu
torImpl.java:1512)
	at
org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.processResults(QueryExecutorImp
l.java:1297)
	at
org.postgresql.core.v3.QueryExecutorImpl.execute(QueryExecutorImpl.java:
188)
	at
org.postgresql.jdbc2.AbstractJdbc2Statement.execute(AbstractJdbc2Stateme
nt.java:430)
	at
org.postgresql.jdbc2.AbstractJdbc2Statement.executeWithFlags(AbstractJdb
c2Statement.java:346)
	at
org.postgresql.jdbc2.AbstractJdbc2Statement.executeUpdate(AbstractJdbc2S
tatement.java:300)
	at
org.apache.ddlutils.platform.PlatformImplBase.insert(PlatformImplBase.ja
va:1053)
	... 3 more

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Re: Insert SQL error in PostgreSQL 8.1

[Thomas Dudziak <to...@gmail.com>]

On 2/16/06, Vignesh Swaminathan <vs...@cordys.com> wrote:

> I am trying to insert a row into a simple table like
>
> CREATE TABLE orders
> (
>   id int4 NOT NULL,
>   customerid int4,
>   orderdate timestamp,
>   shipdate timestamp,
>   CONSTRAINT orders_pkey PRIMARY KEY (id)
> )
>
> When I fire an insert using Platform.insert(Database, SQL) I get an
> exception message as follows. I tried printing the SQL using
> Platform.getInsertSQL which returned
>
> INSERT INTO "orders" ("id", "customerid", "orderdate", "shipdate")
> VALUES ('1000', '1000', '2006-03-16 00:00:00', '2006-04-21 00:00:00')
>
> However, when I fire this statement in the PostgreSQL query tool the
> insert goes ahead without problem. Please help.
>
<snip>

> Caused by: org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: ERROR: column "orderdate"
> is of type timestamp without time zone but expression is of type
> character varying

Looks like your database model has VARCHAR for the orderdate (and
possibly shipdate) column, and PostgreSql has no implicit default
conversion from string to timestamp. Is the model read from the
database or from an XML file ?

Tom