public final org.jooq.TableField<MyType, java.lang.String> DATE = createField("date", org.jooq.impl.SQLDataType.VARCHAR.length(8), this);
Cursor<MyRecord> cursor =
            create.selectFrom(MYTABLE)
            .where( MYTABLE.DATE_STRING_COLUMN.greaterOrEqual( ??? ) )
            .fetchLazy();