RE: sql query: to_date() :ORA-01830: date format picture ends bef

From: Jamadagni, Rajendra <Rajendra.Jamadagni_at_espn.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 12:45:27 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00566DAA.20030311124527@fatcity.com>

Why are you comparing a date to a char?

select *
  from cust
 where to_char(DATECREATED,'DD-MON-YYY HH24:MI:SS') = '01-FEB-03 07:53:28' /

should work .... it appears that your NLS_DATE_FORMAT kicked in when your query tried to do an implicit char to date conversion (on the LHS part of the where clause)

Raj

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Hi...

I am getting the following error with a query like this

select * from cust where
to_char(DATECREATED,'DD-MON-YYY HH24:MI:SS') = to_date('01-FEB-03 07:53:28','DD-MON-YY HH24:MI:SS')

ORA-01830: date format picture ends before converting entire input string

What is the problem?

Thanks
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