Re: Junk date getting uploaded into date field

bsreejithin <bsreejithin@gmail.com> writes:
> I am not sure why : select to_date('33-OCT-2013', 'dd-mon-yyyy')
> is returning 2013-11-02.
> For cases like the issue I am facing, where we need to raise an error saying
> the data is wrong, DB manipulating the data is not proper.

Then don't use to_date().  Just entering the string through the normal date
type input function will do what you want.  to_date() is meant for trying
to extract data from weird input formats.

            regards, tom lane