RE: [Q] ORACLE date select problem?

Please ignore this last post - I read this too quickly. I think you want
where datestamp < to_date('31-DEC-96','DD-MON-RR')   (assuming datestamp is a date datatype)

or maybe
  where datestamp < to_date('31-DEC-1996','DD-MON-YYYY')

if datestamp is a varchar2, then you would need to convert it using the appropriate format.

Mary Ruiz
Atlanta /GA

-----Original Message-----
From: Ruiz, Mary A (CAP, CDI)
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 12:46 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: RE: [Q] ORACLE date select problem?

Leed:
  This will find dates between 1950 and 1996:

    select account_id, datestamp from table1     where to_char(datestamp,'DD-MON-RR') < '31-DEC-96';

If you have dates prior to 1950, you may need to do more work.

Mary Ruiz / Atlanta GA

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 12:07 PM
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I tried this, still same.

On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Gillies, Garry wrote:

> Hi L,
>
> The character string '21_JAN-98' IS less than the character string
> '31-DEC-96'.
> If you want a date compare try
>
> where datestamp < to_date('31-DEC-96','DD-MON-YY');
>
> Regards
>
> Garry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: L [mailto:leed_at_chele.cais.net]
> Sent: 13 October 2000 15:29
> Subject: [Q] ORACLE date select problem?
>
> On ORACLE 7.3.4 database, I tried to select date less than "31-DEC-96".
> the following statement does NOT work correctly:
>
> select account_id, datestamp from table1
> where to_char(datestamp,'DD-MON-YY') < '31-DEC-96';
>
>
> It still print date like '21_JAN-98'.
>
> Anyone can give me a hint?
>
>
> Thanks
>
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