From: Sucheta T. <su...@vb...> - 2004-03-29 17:02:54
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Thanks!! It works now. Sucheta > Sucheta Tripathy wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>Thanks. I can't provide sysdate here since I am uploading the release >> date >>of the database. >> >> >> > Sorry, I wasn't clear. I mean that you need to provide a date string in > the same format as oracle's default format. The easiest way to find out > the format is to envoke SYSDATE to view a sample date string. For example: > > SQL> select SYSDATE from DUAL; > > SYSDATE > ------------------- > 2004-03-29 11:32:19 > > States that I must put a fou digit year first, followed by month > followed by month day. Even using the TO_DATE() function, oracle will > not make the correct translation with your example: > > SQL> select to_date('15-DEC-03') from dual; > > TO_DATE('15-DEC-03' > ------------------- > 0015-12-03 00:00:00 > > But If I follow the convention of the default date format, to_date works: > > SQL> select to_date('2003-DEC-15') from dual; > > TO_DATE('2003-DEC-1 > ------------------- > 2003-12-15 00:00:00 > > In order for your date format to work, you must supply the alternate > format to the TO_DATE function: > SQL> select to_date('15-DEC-03', 'DD-MON-YY') from dual; > > TO_DATE('15-DEC-03' > ------------------- > 2003-12-15 00:00:00 > > Angel > >>Probably I have to look into the other options you suggested. >> >>Sucheta >> >> >> >>>This should be controlled by the oracle default date format. do "select >>>sysdate from dual;" and you should get the default date format for >>>inserting dates in your local oracle installation. Failing that, there >>>is a TO_DATE() function in oracle that we may be able to use in the >>>object layer for any columsn that have DATE type, but this may not >>>translate well to PostgreSQL. >>> >>>Angel >>> >>> >>>Sucheta Tripathy wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Hi, >>>> >>>>I just found that uploading data into sres.externaldatabaserelease has >>>> a >>>>problem. >>>> >>>>The attribute release_date does not get the date format correctly. For >>>>example if I provide the date like 15-DEC-03 it shows date like >>>>12/3/0015. >>>> >>>>Is there a fix available for this? >>>> >>>>Thanks >>>> >>>>Sucheta >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>------------------------------------------------------- >>>This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials >>>Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of >>>GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system >>>administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Gusdev-gusdev mailing list >>>Gus...@li... >>>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gusdev-gusdev >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials > Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of > GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system > administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Gusdev-gusdev mailing list > Gus...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gusdev-gusdev > -- Sucheta Tripathy Virginia Bioinformatics Institute Phase-I Washington street. Virginia Tech. Blacksburg,VA 24061-0447 phone:(540)231-8138 Fax: (540) 231-2606 |