Date select question...

I have the following table:
    Table "public.test" Column   | Type | Modifiers
-----------+------+-----------test_date | date |

with the following data:
test_date
------------2004-10-312004-11-01
(2 rows)

Why does the query:

select * from test where test_date between '20041001' and '20041101';

return TWO rows:
test_date
------------2004-10-312004-11-01
(2 rows)

and the query:
select * from test where test_date between 20041001 and 20041101;test_date
------------2004-10-31
(1 row)

return just ONE row:
test_date
------------2004-10-31
(1 row)

regards,

Lance Munslow
Software Development
Travel Technology Systems Ltd

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