Humorous error message

From: Jonathan Gennick <jonathan_at_gennick.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 12:34:25 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005DA554.20031218123425@fatcity.com>

Take a look at the results below. Look especially at the error message. I had to laugh when I read that. Hey, Oracle is telling me it got what it expected, so what's the problem, right? <grin>

Bonus points if you can tell me why the query failed.

SQL> SELECT FROM_TZ(SYSTIMESTAMP,'-5:00') FROM dual; SELECT FROM_TZ(SYSTIMESTAMP,'-5:00') FROM dual

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ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00932: inconsistent datatypes: expected TIMESTAMP got TIMESTAMP

Best regards,

Jonathan Gennick --- Brighten the corner where you are http://Gennick.com * 906.387.1698 * mailto:jonathan@gennick.com

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