On Jun 9, 11:34 pm, "serik.sharipov" <[email protected]> wrote: > Heh... TO_DATE function convert NUMBER or CHAR to DATE. > in my example, the FIRST_DATE column is NUMBER ;) > > On 10 июн, 03:58, ddf <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Jun 8, 4:39 am, "serik.sharipov" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > select to_date(first_date, 'j') from sampletable > > > The column is NOT defined as DATE, it's a NUMBER so your solution > > won't work. Even if you post it twice. > > > David Fitzjarrell- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
It's still wrong: SQL> SQL> -- SQL> -- This simply won't work as BIRTH_DT is far too large SQL> -- SQL> SQL> select to_date(birth_dt, 'j') from test; ERROR: ORA-01830: date format picture ends before converting entire input string no rows selected David Fitzjarrell -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Oracle PL/SQL" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Oracle-PLSQL?hl=en
