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Håkan
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I've got the following problem inserting data into a PostgreSQL table. The SQL code below works fine from pgAdmin, but not from WebFOCUS.
There are no error messages at all. Any ideas?

SET SQLENGINE=SQLPSTGR
SQL SET SERVER server
SQL
INSERT INTO table (col1, col2, col3) VALUES (12345 ,'row 1','19870814 00:00:00.000');
INSERT INTO table (col1, col2, col3) VALUES (23456 ,'row 2','19870814 00:00:00.000');
INSERT INTO table (col1, col2, col3) VALUES (34567 ,'row 3','19870814 00:00:00.000');
COMMIT;
END

We're running WF 7.7.03 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) and PostgreSQL 9.2.1

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Wep5622
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Perhaps the postgres logs contain some errors? You may need to turn on statement logging to see what happens.

Also, you could insert those 3 records with a single insert statement, which is a little more efficient:
INSERT INTO table (col1, col2, col3) VALUES (12345 ,'row 1','19870814 00:00:00.000'),
(23456 ,'row 2','19870814 00:00:00.000'),
(34567 ,'row 3','19870814 00:00:00.000');


What data-type is col3? If that's a timestamp type field, the formatting of your values probably doesn't match what the database expects.

Another thing that may be in play here; your pgadmin session probably uses different session settings than WF does, which could mean datetime values are interpreted different between the two. You can test that by setting such parameters before the first insert in your transaction.


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Håkan
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I did change the date column to char(8) but still no luck. BTW, the reason for having multiple INSERT statements was that I extracted the data from a WebFOCUS db and generated the statements on the fly. I'll have to leave it for now and attack it in a few days.


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Tony A
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Hi Håkan,

I seem to remember that you have to do something like this -
SET SQLENGINE=SQLPSTGR 
SQL SET SERVER server 
SQL
INSERT INTO table (col1, col2, col3) VALUES (12345 ,'row 1','19870814 00:00:00.000'); 
END
SQL
INSERT INTO table (col1, col2, col3) VALUES (23456 ,'row 2','19870814 00:00:00.000'); 
END
SQL
INSERT INTO table (col1, col2, col3) VALUES (34567 ,'row 3','19870814 00:00:00.000');
END
SQL
COMMIT;
END


T


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Wep5622
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Well, obviously '19870814 00:00:00.000' doesn't fit in a char(8).

You have a few options:

  • specify your field as varchar(21) or char(21), or, since we've basically just thrown out the length constraint: text.
  • Truncate your string to 8 characters.
  • Format your date according to a known date format. I suspect that just changing '19870814 00:00:00.000' to '1987/08/14 00:00:00.000' would make it work as a timestamp, but I don't have a psql at hand to verify.


You could also ask database-related questions like these on the pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org). I haven't met a tech support desk yet that comes even close to the support you get there. I know IBI wins prizes for their tech support; that's a joke in comparison.


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Håkan
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Eventually I got it working. This is how:

SET HOLDLIST = PRINTONLY
SET PAGE = NOPAGE
DEFINE FILE infile
insert_string/A255 = 'INSERT INTO tablename (col1, col2, col3) VALUES (' | '''' | COL1 | '''' | ',' | '''' | COL2 || '''' || ',' || '''' || COL3 || '''' || ');' ;
END
TABLE FILE tablename
PRINT
insert_string AS ''
BY
COL1 NOPRINT
ON
COL1 SUBHEAD
"SQL"
ON
COL1 SUBFOOT
"END"
ON TABLE HOLD AS outfile FORMAT WP
END
-RUN
-*

Which gives us this file:

SQL
INSERT INTO tablename (col1, col2, col3) VALUES ('12345 ','row 1','19870814');
END

etc

and the SQL:

SET SQLENGINE=SQLPSTGR
SQL SET SERVER server
-INCLUDE outfile
-RUN

Thanks guys for your help
Håkan


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