Rohit Suman <handsome...@yahoo.com> writes: > Ya...I simply changed column type to text and it worked. :D > I had requirements where I needed such a functionality. There was no way to > do it any other way...
You should really, really take a second look at those "requirements". Applying a textual pattern match to a date is a horrid idea for a number of reasons, most notably that it's just about certain to break if someone changes DateStyle. Think about what it is you really want to do (select a particular year, perhaps?) and see if there's not a datetime-based operation that does it. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql