Re: [SQL] datestyle setting

2005-03-09 Thread Richard Huxton
Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: On Wednesday 09 Mar 2005 1:40 pm, Richard Huxton wrote: I keep making this mistake, you need to include the database name: ALTER DATABASE my_db_name SET datestyle TO 'ISO'; er ... doesnt seem to be in the docs? Anyway it worked, thanx http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/

Re: [SQL] datestyle setting

2005-03-09 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Wednesday 09 Mar 2005 1:40 pm, Richard Huxton wrote: > > I keep making this mistake, you need to include the database name: >ALTER DATABASE my_db_name SET datestyle TO 'ISO'; er ... doesnt seem to be in the docs? Anyway it worked, thanx -- regards kg http://www.livejournal.com/users/law

Re: [SQL] datestyle setting

2005-03-09 Thread Richard Huxton
Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: On Wednesday 09 Mar 2005 11:57 am, Tom Lane wrote: If it's a reasonably recent version of PG, either ALTER DATABASE SET or ALTER USER SET might serve. postgresql 7.4. when i type: alter database set datestyle to 'European' i get 'syntax error at or near "datestyle" at char

Re: [SQL] datestyle setting

2005-03-08 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Wednesday 09 Mar 2005 11:57 am, Tom Lane wrote: > Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > i have a website with a postgresql backend. Being a shared site, > > i have no root access. i do have shell access to the database, > > but cannot create or drop the database. I access the databas

Re: [SQL] datestyle setting

2005-03-08 Thread Tom Lane
Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i have a website with a postgresql backend. Being a shared site, i > have no root access. i do have shell access to the database, but > cannot create or drop the database. I access the database through > python scripts using the psycopg adapter. My

[SQL] datestyle setting

2005-03-08 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
hi, i have a website with a postgresql backend. Being a shared site, i have no root access. i do have shell access to the database, but cannot create or drop the database. I access the database through python scripts using the psycopg adapter. My question is, how do i set the pgdatestyle in the