Re: update year in date column

From: Tim Johnston <tjohnston_at_quallaby.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 16:28:53 -0500
Message-ID: <4060AC15.40203@quallaby.com>

Barbara Baker wrote:

>SQL>
>SQL> select
>to_date(to_char(crdate,'ddmmyyyy')-1000),'MM/DD/YYYY')
> 2 from customer where cusno=798489;
>select
>to_date(to_char(crdate,'ddmmyyyy')-1000),'MM/DD/YYYY')
>
> *
>ERROR at line 1:
>ORA-00923: FROM keyword not found where expected
>
>
>
>

It looks like your statement is formatted incorrectly... Count the ('s and )'s

select to_date*(*to_char*(*crdate,'ddmmyyyy'*)*-1000*)*,'MM/DD/YYYY'*)*   from customer where cusno=798489;

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