Re: SQL Date Literal Syntax

2007-08-10 Thread Ian Skinner
Billy Cox wrote: > If I understand the question properly, here is today's date in literal > format: > > '2007-08-10' That is what I expected, but this failed. SELECT aField FROM aTable WHERE aDateTimeField >= '2005-07-01' Apparently Oracle needs a DATE command in there. This is what worked SEL

Re: SQL Date Literal Syntax

2007-08-10 Thread Ian Skinner
DATE '-mm-dd' I guess I can caulk this up to Oracle not my poor memory. I know in the other DBMS I have used - I did not have to use DATE. Thank You. ~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and A

RE: SQL Date Literal Syntax

2007-08-10 Thread Billy Cox
If I understand the question properly, here is today's date in literal format: '2007-08-10' -Original Message- From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 9:28 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: SQL Date Literal Syntax I think I'm getting old.

SQL Date Literal Syntax

2007-08-10 Thread Ian Skinner
I think I'm getting old. I've been using so long I can apparently no longer remember how to properly pass a data literal in a SQL statement. I'm trying to run a query through SQL Plus to our Oracle DBMS to compare to my CF template results. Obviously SQL Plus is not going to parse tags. I