RE: how to define date column in a table with only mm/dd/yyyy por

Maybe he wants to run date comparisons on the field. In that case, the comparison would fail unless the seconds match. If he only stored the DATE portion, then more comparisons would match. 01-Nov-2000 = 01-Nov-200 BUT 01-Nov-2000:01:01:00 != 01-Nov-2000:01:01:01.

We need more information to understand why he is wanting to do this.

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> Barbour
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> Subject: RE: how to define date column in a table with only mm/dd/yyyy
> por
>
>
> Rao,
>
> Stop for a minute and think about your question. Just timestamp
> the column
> using SYSDATE. It doesn't matter what the format is IN the
> table, it's all
> about how you format it when you get it OUT of the table.
>
> David A. Barbour
> Oracle DBA - ConnectSouth
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> dbarbour_at_connectsouth.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> portion
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> I have table that contains a column - TRADE_DATE.
>
> This column should always contain only the date portion - mm/dd/yyyy. It
> SHOULD NOT contain time portion.
>
> Is there any way, I can define this column or can I use some kind of
> constraint clauses on this column? If yes, please tell me how to do this.
>
> TIA,
>
> Rao
>
>
> Maheswara.Rao_at_SunGardP3.com
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