aha... yeah it defaults to midnight, I did some research.. I already had a fix, as noted in my previous message but thanks for the explaniation
On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 09:21:45 -0600, Deanna Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Because there's no such thing in Oracle as a date without a time. It > defaults to midnight, I believe, on a standard install. So, while you may > not have put a time in - it is in there. > > You have two options - format the startdate and finishdate to truncate their > time portions - so that you're just limiting on date OR add time portions to > your periodend (23:59:59) and periodstart (00:00:01). > > -d > > > > > > in the above instance periodend = '11/30/2004' > > and periodstart = '11/30/2004' > > > > so why doesnt > > WHERE t.startdate (+) <= p.periodend > > AND t.finishdate (+) >= p.periodstart > > pick up that task? > > But > > WHERE t.startdate (+) <= p.periodend + 1 > > AND t.finishdate (+) >= p.periodstart > > does > > and without the joins > > WHERE trunc(t.startdate) <= p.periodend > > AND trunc(t.finishdate) >= p.periodstart > > works. > > > > Can someone explain?.. > > > > Thanks! > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:184747 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
