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JZMSH
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Hi All,

I am trying to write a sql query using below code:

SQL SQLORA SET SERVER servername
SQL SQLORA
select empname, hire_date, salary
from table_name
where hire_date between '01-JAN-06'
AND '31-DEC-07';

I suppose get number of rows records but somehow I got 0 record return.
I know it is something to do with the hire_date format. By default, this column in my oracle table showing as DATE data type. And when I create a master file, this field is showing as:HYYMDS format.

Does anyone know who to solve this issue?

Regards,

JZ

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Posts: 28 | Registered: October 26, 2006Report This Post
GinnyJakes
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HYYMDS

If the master is showing that format, then hire_date is a DATETIME field, not a date field.

Could you try just printing hire_date without a screening condition but with a recordlimit to see what it looks like and then adjust the WHERE clause to match.


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Darin Lee
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If the field in your Oracle database is a date-time field, then your best bet would be to use a date-time value in your selection criteria that matches your actual field format such as

20060101 00:00:00 and 20071231 23:59:59

I don't know the exact format of an Oracle timestamp, but 01-JAN-06 is not going to work. Use your Oracle tool to get the exact format or maybe another Oracle user out there would be kind enough to give you the answer.


Regards,

Darin


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hammo1j
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You are using oracle passthru which will disregard wf masters.

Use TO_DATE function to convert your screening string to an Oracle internal date.


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PBrightwell
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where hire_date between '01-JAN-06'
AND '31-DEC-07';



Try:
where to_date(hire_date,'DD/MM/YYYY') between to_date('01/01/2006','DD/MM/YYYY') AND to_date('31/12/2007','DD/MM/YYYY');


You can use MON instead of MM if you want to use the abbreviated month instead of the numeric month.


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JZMSH
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Yes, I have trid to change my code to:
to_date('&BEG_PP', 'mm/dd/yy')
and it works.

Thanks a lot for everyone's help!
 
Posts: 28 | Registered: October 26, 2006Report This Post
sxschech
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I was able to paramaterize the date this way without having to use TO_DATE. I called the parameter &ORACLEDATE. This shows a prompt box and I type in the date as 25-JUL-2012. The field DATE_UPDATED is the col name in the Oracle Table and has a data type of date. To use this example in the WHERE clause of the SQLORA section: 

 
WHERE trunc(date_updated) = '&ORACLEDATE'


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