to_date(value, 'DDD')
doesn't work with
'12/19/2007 10:12'
DDD format means value must contain a number in the range 1-366
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Browse All TopicsThere is a table I'm trying to query against that it setup like this:
Column Name Type COLUMN_ID
car_id number 1
product_id varchar2 2
attribute varchar2 3
value varchar2 4
I tried to execute this query:
select * from car_product where
car_id = 18
and product_id= 'REDUCED'
and attribute='EXPIRATION_DATE
and to_date(value, 'DDD') >= trunc(sysdate, 'DDD')
against this data:
CAR_ID PRODUCT_ID ATTRIBUTE VALUE
18 REDUCED EXPIRATION_DATE 12/19/2007 10:12
but I get this error message:
ORA-1830: date format picture ends before converting entire input string.
How do I resolve this error?
Could it have something to do with the fact that someone named the a column 'VALUE' and this is a keyword in Oracle? If so, how can I query this table by column_id number?
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by: angelIIIPosted on 2007-12-18 at 06:55:56ID: 20492475
>and to_date(value, 'DDD') >= trunc(sysdate, 'DDD')
the field value IS already varchar? so, you have to FIRST make it date, and then to apply the trunc or to_char function, like this:
and trunc(to_date(value, 'MM/DD/YYYY HH24:MI'), 'DDD') >= trunc(sysdate, 'DDD')