RE: Humorous error message

From: Clark, Tommy R <TOMMY.R.CLARK_at_saic.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 13:04:32 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005DA558.20031218130432@fatcity.com>

Could the problem be a difference of type? "TIMESTAMP" vs. "TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE" The SYSTIMESTAMP function has the return type of TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE. The FROM_TZ function says that it converts a TIMESTAMP to a TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE. Given that I don't use timestamps much, this is only a guess.

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Jonathan Gennick
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 3:34 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

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,

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