Re: SQL question

At 12:07 17/07/00 +1000, Carolyn Lu Wong wrote:
>I have table with the following definition:
>
>    create table table1(
>        account_no    int4,
>        start_date_tme    datetime
>        ....
>    );
>
>The table may contain null values for start_date_time.
>
>When I run the following SQL query, it fails:
>
>    select * from table1
>    where start_date_time::date >= '01/01/2000'::date 
>    and start_date_time::date <= '01/01/2001'::date;
>
>I get error message 'Unable to convert null datetime to date.
>
>It's fine if I run the same SQL query with added condition as follows:
>
>    select * from table1
>>    where account_no = 1
>    and start_date_time::date >= '01/01/2000'::date 
>    and start_date_time::date <= '01/01/2001'::date;
>
>Is this a bug? Or there's an logical explaination for this?

The most logical explanation is that there are no null values in
start_date_time when account_no = 1.

Try    select count(*) from table1 where account_no = 1 and start_date_time is
null;

and see if you get 0.



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